Kingdonia

Kingdonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
(unranked): eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Kingdoniaceae
Genus: Kingdonia
Species: K. uniflora
Binomial name
Kingdonia uniflora
A.S.Foster ex Airy Shaw (1964)

Kingdonia uniflora is a species of perennial herbs native to China. The plants have one leaf and a short (0.1 m) flower stalk with a small (8 mm) flower.[1]

It grows at high elevations in West and North China.[1]

Classification

Kingdonia is classified as the only genus in the family Kingdoniaceae[2] or as a member of the family Circaeasteraceae along with Circaeaster agrestis.[3] Other sources may classify Kingdonia in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae.[1] In any case it is in the order Ranunculales.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Kingdonia uniflora". Flora of China. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200008017. 
  2. ^ Kingdoniaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 3rd May 2006. http://delta-intkey.com
  3. ^ Joan W. Nowicke and John J. Skvarla (July 1982). "Pollen Morphology and the Relationships of Circaeaster, of Kingdonia, and of Sargentodoxa to the Ranunculales". American Journal of Botany (Botanical Society of America) 69 (6): 990–998. doi:10.2307/2442896. JSTOR 2442896. 

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