Vesper | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Apiales |
Family: | Apiaceae |
Genus: | Vesper R.L.Hartm. & G.L.Nesom |
Synonyms | |
Phellopterus (Torr. & A.Gray) Nutt. ex J.M.Coult. & Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 7: 166 (1900), nom. illeg. |
Vesper is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1]
Its native range is western and central USA to north-western Mexico. It is found in the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Wyoming.[1]
The genus was circumscribed by Ronald Lee Hartmann and Guy L. Nesom in Phytoneuron 2012-94 on page 2 in 2012.[1]
The genus name of Vesper is derived from Fengjie Sun (b. 1968) and Stephen Roy Downie (b. 1959), 2 American botanists and evolutionary biologists in Georgia. Their surnames combined are (Sun-down) and Vespers are prayers at sundown.[2]
As accepted by Kew;[1]