Luetkea

Taxobox
name = "Luetkea"


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Luetkea pectinata"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Rosaceae
genus = "Luetkea"
genus_authority = Bong.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Luetkea pectinata"

"Luetkea" is a genus of herbaceous plants in the Rosaceae family. One species is accepted. "Luetkea pectinata" (Pursh) Kuntze (Partridgefoot or Lutkea) is a mat-forming semi-shrub. It is endemic to the cold portions of western North America occurring in subarctic Alaska, Yukon, western Northwest Territories, and subalpine to alpine regions of British Columbia, southwestern Alberta, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, northern California and western Montana.

The inflorescence of "L. pectinata" is a dense and erect terminal cluster 10 to 150 mm high with several to many short-stalked flowers. The leaves are 7 to 20 mm long and two or three times three-dissected. The last segments are linear or lanceolate. The fruit is a follicle with several seeds. [cite web|title=Luetkea pectinata|work=WTU Herbarium Image Collection |publisher=Burke Museum, University of Washington|url=http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Luetkea&Species=pectinata|accessdate=2007-09-22]

References

Footnotes

General references

* [http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Luetkea%20pectinata E-Flora BC: Klinkenberg, Brian. (Editor) 2007. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia] Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. [Accessed:2007-09-22]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LUPE National Resource Conservation Service PLANTS Database]
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6677,6802,6803 Jepson Flora Project (1993): "Luetkea pectinata"]