| Triodanis | |
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| Triodanis perfoliata | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Clade: | Asterids | 
| Order: | Asterales | 
| Family: | Campanulaceae | 
| Subfamily: | Campanuloideae | 
| Genus: | Triodanis Raf. ex Greene  | 
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Triodanis is a genus of flowering plants within the family Campanulaceae, native to North and South America.[1][2][3] Venus' looking-glass is a common name for plants in this genus.[4]
Species include:
- Triodanis biflora (Ruiz & Pav.) Greene - small Venus' looking-glass - widespread across North America
 - Triodanis coloradoensis (Buckley) McVaugh - Colorado Venus' looking-glass - endemic to Texas despite the name
 - Triodanis holzingeri McVaugh - Holzinger's Venus' looking-glass - Great Plains plus Arizona and Tennessee
 - Triodanis lamprosperma McVaugh - Prairie Venus' looking-glass - southern Great Plains
 - Triodanis leptocarpa (Nutt.) Nieuwl. - Slimpod Venus' looking-glass - Great Plains
 - Triodanis perfoliata (L.) Nieuwl. - Clasping Venus' looking-glass - widespread across North and South America from Canada to Argentina; naturalized in China, Korea, Australia
 - Triodanis texana McVaugh - Texas Venus' looking-glass - endemic to Texas
 
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Species
 - โ Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
 - โ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps
 - โ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Triodanis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
 
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