Biology:Patrinia
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Valerianoideae |
| Genus: | Patrinia Juss. |
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Patrinia is a genus of herbaceous plants in the honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae).[1] There are about 17 species[1] native to grassy mountain habitats in China , Siberia and Japan . These are unassuming clump-forming perennial plants having thin, erect stems with few leaves and bearing a terminal inflorescence with yellow or white flowers.
Selected species
- Patrinia gibbosa
- Patrinia scabiosifolia
- Patrinia triloba
- Patrinia villosa
Fossil record
One fossil fruit of †Patrinia palaeosibirica has been extracted from borehole samples of the Middle Miocene fresh water deposits in Nowy Sacz Basin, West Carpathians, Poland .[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Patrinia", The Plant List (version 1.1), http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Caprifoliaceae/Patrinia/, retrieved 2014-09-19
- ↑ Łańcucka-Środoniowa M.: Macroscopic plant remains from the freshwater Miocene of the Nowy Sącz Basin (West Carpathians, Poland) [Szczątki makroskopowe roślin z miocenu słodkowodnego Kotliny Sądeckiej (Karpaty Zachodnie, Polska)]. Acta Palaeobotanica 1979 20 (1): 3-117.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3232916 entry
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