Biology:Kingdonia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
Kingdonia uniflora

Kingdonia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Circaeasteraceae
Genus: Kingdonia
Balf.f. & W.W.Sm.
Species:
K. uniflora
Binomial name
Kingdonia uniflora
Balf.f. & W.W.Sm.

Kingdonia uniflora is a species of perennial herb native to China. The plants have one leaf and a 100-millimetre (4-inch) flower stalk with a 8 mm (38 in) flower.[1]

It grows at high elevations in West and North China.[1] Most of the plants are found in western Yunnan. It is an endangered species.

Classification

Kingdonia is sometimes classified as the only genus in the family Kingdoniaceae[2] or as a member of the family Circaeasteraceae along with Circaeaster agrestis, specifically in the APG III system of classification.[3][4] Other sources may classify Kingdonia in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae.[1] In any case it is in the order Ranunculales.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Kingdonia uniflora". Flora of China. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200008017. 
  2. [1] /angio/www/kingdoni.htm Kingdoniaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). /angio/ The families of flowering plants  : descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 3 May 2006. http://delta-intkey.com
  3. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 105–121, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x 
  4. Nowicke, Joan W.; Skvarla, John J. (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. 

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