Biology:Gardneria
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Short description: Genus of plants
Gardneria | |
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Gardneria multiflora | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Loganiaceae |
Genus: | Gardneria Wall. |
Synonyms | |
Pseudogardneria Racib. |
Gardneria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loganiaceae.[1]
Its native range is Himalaya to Japan and Java. It is found in the regions of Assam, Bangladesh, China, Eastern Himalaya, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam and Western Himalaya.[1]
The genus name of Gardneria is in honour of Edward Gardner (1784ā1861), English colonial administrator at the court of the raja of Nepal,[2] and it was first described and published in W.Roxburgh's Flora Indica Vol.1 on page 400 in 1820.[1]
Known species:[1]
- Gardneria angustifolia Wall.
- Gardneria lanceolata Rehder & E.H.Wilson
- Gardneria multiflora Makino
- Gardneria nutans Siebold & Zucc.
- Gardneria ovata Wall.
References
- ā 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Gardneria Wall. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:25066-1.
- ā Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, DāL. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
Wikidata ☰ Q9297467 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardneria.
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