Kingdonia uniflora
| Kingdonia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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 (3⁄8 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 2 3 "Kingdonia uniflora". Flora of China.
- ↑ Archived 3 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine/angio/www/kingdoni.htm Kingdoniaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). /angio/ The families of flowering plants Archived 3 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine : descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 3 May 2006. http://delta-intkey.com Archived 3 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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. JSTOR 2442896.
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