{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants belonging to the barberry family}} {{italic title}} {{automatic taxobox |name = Inside-out flowers |image = Vancouveria hexandra 6356.JPG |image_caption = ''Vancouveria hexandra'' |taxon = Vancouveria |authority = C.Morren & Decne. }} '''''Vancouveria''''' ({{IPAc-en|v|æ|n|.|k|uː|ˈ|v|ɪər|i|ə}}<!--with an en, not an eng-->)<ref>''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607</ref> is a small group of plants belonging to the barberry family described as a genus in 1834.<ref>Morren, Charles François Antoine & Decaisne, Joseph. 1834. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, sér. 2 2: 351.</ref> The three plants in this genus are known generally as '''inside-out flowers''', and they are endemic to the West Coast of the United States.<ref name=j>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=134345 Flora of North America Vol. 3, Inside-out flower, ''Vancouveria'' C. Morren & Decaisne]</ref> The genus was named after George Vancouver, English navigator and explorer.
;Species<ref name=j/><ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Vancouveria The Plant List, ''Vancouveria'']</ref><ref>[http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Vancouveria Biota of North America Program 2013 county range maps]</ref> {| class="wikitable collapsible" |- ! Image !! Name !! Distribution |- | ||''Vancouveria chrysantha'' <small>Greene</small> – golden inside-out flower || California (Siskiyou + Del Norte Counties), Oregon (Curry + Josephine Counties) |- |120px ||''Vancouveria hexandra'' <small>(Hook.) C.Morren & Decne.</small> – white inside-out flower || northwestern California (from Napa to Siskiyou), western Oregon, southwestern Washington |- |120px||''Vancouveria planipetala'' <small>Calloni</small> – redwood inside-out flower || California as far south as Monterey County, southwestern Oregon |- |}
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==External links== *{{Cite POWO|id=3972-1|title=''Vancouveria''}}
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Category:Vancouveria Category:Berberidaceae genera Category:Flora of the West Coast of the United States Category:Taxa named by Joseph Decaisne Category:Taxa named by Charles François Antoine Morren
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