Sieversia | |
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Geum pentapetalum synonym of Sieversia pentapetala | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Subfamily: | Rosoideae |
Tribe: | Colurieae |
Genus: |
Sieversia Willd. |
Species | |
See text |
Sieversia is a genus of flowering plants of the family Rosaceae. [1] It is also in the subfamily Rosoideae, [2] and tribe Colurieae. [3]
Its native range is the Russian Far East (within the federal subjects of Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Magadan, Primorye and Sakhalin including the Kuril Islands) to Japan and the Aleutian Islands. [1]
The genus name of Sieversia is in honour of Johann August Carl Sievers (1762–1795), a German-born botanist who explored Central Asia, Siberia, and other Asian regions of the Russian Empire. [4] It was first described and published in Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Vol.5 on page 397 in 1811. [1]
According to Plants of the World Online: [1]
Sieversia | |
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Geum pentapetalum synonym of Sieversia pentapetala | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Subfamily: | Rosoideae |
Tribe: | Colurieae |
Genus: |
Sieversia Willd. |
Species | |
See text |
Sieversia is a genus of flowering plants of the family Rosaceae. [1] It is also in the subfamily Rosoideae, [2] and tribe Colurieae. [3]
Its native range is the Russian Far East (within the federal subjects of Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Magadan, Primorye and Sakhalin including the Kuril Islands) to Japan and the Aleutian Islands. [1]
The genus name of Sieversia is in honour of Johann August Carl Sievers (1762–1795), a German-born botanist who explored Central Asia, Siberia, and other Asian regions of the Russian Empire. [4] It was first described and published in Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Vol.5 on page 397 in 1811. [1]
According to Plants of the World Online: [1]