Biology:Cassiope

From HandWiki
(Redirected from Biology:Cassiopoideae)
Short description: Genus of flowering plants in the heather family Ericaceae

Cassiope
Cassiope mertensiana 9197.JPG
Cassiope mertensiana
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Subfamily: Cassiopoideae
Kron & Judd[2]
Genus: Cassiope
D.Don[1]

Cassiope is a genus of 9-12 small shrubby species in the family Ericaceae. It is the sole genus in the subfamily Cassiopoideae. They are native to the Arctic and north temperate montane regions. The genus is named after Cassiopeia of Greek mythology.

Description

Cassiope has scale-like leaves lying against the stems, and produce solitary bell-shaped flowers in late spring. Though hardy, flowers can be damaged by late frosts.

Taxonomy

Species

Plants of the World Online (POWO) recognizes 18 accepted species.[3]

  • Cassiope abbreviata
  • Cassiope x anadyrensis
  • Cassiope x argyrotricha
  • Cassiope ericoides
  • Cassiope fastigiata
  • Cassiope fujianensis
  • Cassiope hypnoides
  • Cassiope lycopodioides
  • Cassiope membranifolia
  • Cassiope mertensiana
  • Cassiope myosuroides
  • Cassiope nana
  • Cassiope palpebrata
  • Cassiope pectinata
  • Cassiope redowskii
  • Cassiope selaginoides
  • Cassiope stelleriana
  • Cassiope tetragona
  • Cassiope wardii


Uses

Cassiope is cultivated in gardens, suitable sites being rock gardens, peat banks or glades in woodland areas.[4]

References

  1. Don, David (1834). "An Attempt at a New Arrangement of the Ericaceæ". The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 17: 157–158. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2522806. 
  2. Kron, K. A.; Judd, W. S.; Stevens, P. F.; Crayn, D. M.; Anderberg, A. A.; Gadek, P. A.; Quinn, C. J.; Luteyn, J. L. (2002). "Phylogenetic Classification of Ericaceae: Molecular and Morphological Evidence". The Botanical Review 68 (3): 362, 404–405, 422. doi:10.1663/0006-8101(2002)068[0335:PCOEMA2.0.CO;2]. 
  3. "Cassiope D.Don" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/14656-1. 
  4. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. pp. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q574564 entry