Biology:Formania
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Formania | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Subtribe: | Formaniinae G.L.Nesom |
| Genus: | Formania W.W.Sm. & J.Small |
| Species: | F. mekongensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Formania mekongensis W.W.Sm. & J.Small
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Formania is a genus of China flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[1][2][3]
There is only one known species, Formania mekongensis, native to Yunnan and Sichuan in southwestern China .[4][5]
The genus is named for Rev. Adam Forman, Scottish pastor and provider of medical supplies during the First World War.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Smith, William Wright & Small, James. 1922. Transactions and Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 28: 91-92 description in Latin, commentary in English
- ↑ Smith, William Wright & Small, James. 1922. Transactions and Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 28: figure 2 line drawing of Formania mekongensis
- ↑ Tropicos, Formania W.W. Sm. & J. Small
- ↑ "Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist". http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=3&nameId=1bfd94ba-8ad5-498d-aa18-11c4b9e0750d.
- ↑ Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 569 复芒菊属 fu mang ju shu Formania W. W. Smith & J. Small, Trans. & Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh. 28: 91. 1922.
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