Holmskioldia | |
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Holmskioldia sanguinea | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Subfamily: | Scutellarioideae |
Genus: |
Holmskioldia Retz. |
Species: | H. sanguinea
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Binomial name | |
Holmskioldia sanguinea Retz.
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Holmskioldia is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to the Himalayas ( India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar) but widely cultivated as an ornamental and naturalized in many places ( Southeast Asia, New Caledonia, Hawaii, Mexico, West Indies, Venezuela, etc.) It contains only one known species, Holmskioldia sanguinea, commonly called the Chinese hat plant, cup-and-saucer-plant or mandarin's hat. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The genus name commemorates Johan Theodor Holmskiold (1731–1793), a Danish botanist who wrote Beata ruris otia fungis Danicis, published in two volumes in 1790 and 1799. [6]
The following species have been moved to genus Karomia: [7]
The plant contains oroxindin, a type of polyphenolic compound. [8]
Holmskioldia | |
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Holmskioldia sanguinea | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Subfamily: | Scutellarioideae |
Genus: |
Holmskioldia Retz. |
Species: | H. sanguinea
|
Binomial name | |
Holmskioldia sanguinea Retz.
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Holmskioldia is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to the Himalayas ( India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar) but widely cultivated as an ornamental and naturalized in many places ( Southeast Asia, New Caledonia, Hawaii, Mexico, West Indies, Venezuela, etc.) It contains only one known species, Holmskioldia sanguinea, commonly called the Chinese hat plant, cup-and-saucer-plant or mandarin's hat. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The genus name commemorates Johan Theodor Holmskiold (1731–1793), a Danish botanist who wrote Beata ruris otia fungis Danicis, published in two volumes in 1790 and 1799. [6]
The following species have been moved to genus Karomia: [7]
The plant contains oroxindin, a type of polyphenolic compound. [8]