PLANTS Profile for Besseya bullii (Bull's coraldrops)

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Besseya bullii (Eaton) Rydb.
Bull's coraldrops

Symbol:

BEBU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Scrophulariaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Besseya bullii (Eaton) Rydb.

Synthyris bullii

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 198. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Besseya bullii (Eaton) Rydb.

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Synonyms:
Besseya bullii (Eaton) Rydb.

	SYBU	Synthyris bullii (Eaton) A. Heller
	WUBU	Wulfenia bullii (Eaton) Barnhart

Distribution:
Besseya bullii (Eaton) Rydb.


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USA (IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)

Related Taxa:
Besseya bullii (Eaton) Rydb.

View 91 genera in Scrophulariaceae, 8 species in Besseya

Classification:
Besseya bullii (Eaton) Rydb.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Scrophulariales
Family	Scrophulariaceae – Figwort family
Genus	Besseya Rydb. – kittentail
Species	Besseya bullii (Eaton) Rydb. – Bull's coraldrops

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Besseya bullii (Eaton) Rydb.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Illinois:
kitten tails		Threatened
Indiana:
kitten tails		Endangered
Iowa:
kittentails		Threatened
Michigan:
kitten-tails		Threatened
Minnesota:
kitten-tails		Threatened
Ohio:
besseya		Presumed Extirpated
Wisconsin:
kitten tails		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Besseya bullii (Eaton) Rydb.

View species account from The Center for Plant Conservation.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 33497.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 04:38 PM MDT