Spenceria | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Subfamily: | Rosoideae |
Tribe: | Sanguisorbeae |
Subtribe: | Agrimoniinae |
Genus: |
Spenceria Trimen [1] |
Species: | S. ramalana
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Binomial name | |
Spenceria ramalana Trimen
[1]
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Varieties [2] | |
Spenceria ramalana is the lone species in the plant genus Spenceria, [3] known by two varieties. [2] S. ramalana grows from 18–32 cm. tall, and puts out yellow flowers from July through August; bearing fruit (yellowish-brown achenes) from September to October. [2] The Chinese name, ma ti huang [马蹄黄], [2] can be translated to mean "yellow horseshoe". [4]
Henry Trimen, both the genus, and binomial authority of Spenceria, and S. ramalana, respectively, gave an explanation of how he arrived at these names: the genus name was given in honor of Trimen's friend, and fellow botanist, Spencer Moore, who was employed at Kew Herbarium. Trimen thought about choosing a name commemorating the collector of the species, one Captain Gill, R.E., but decided against it, as there already was a genus Gilia (Polemoniaceae), and he wished to avoid, in his words, "the formation of another of precisely similar sound." [5] As the species was collected from a mountain named Ra-Ma-La, [5] it is likely that the specific epithet "ramalana" was chosen as a toponym (the suffix "-ana" meaning "belonging to", hence "from Ra-Ma-La").
Spenceria ramalana is native to Bhutan and China (in the provinces of Sichuan, Xizang (Tibet), and Yunnan). [1]
Spenceria ramalana inhabits limestone soil on montane slopes and meadows (elev. 3000–5000 m.) [2]
Both varieties of S. ramalana have been used locally in traditional folk medicine. [2]
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Spenceria | |
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Scientific classification
![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Subfamily: | Rosoideae |
Tribe: | Sanguisorbeae |
Subtribe: | Agrimoniinae |
Genus: |
Spenceria Trimen [1] |
Species: | S. ramalana
|
Binomial name | |
Spenceria ramalana Trimen
[1]
| |
Varieties [2] | |
Spenceria ramalana is the lone species in the plant genus Spenceria, [3] known by two varieties. [2] S. ramalana grows from 18–32 cm. tall, and puts out yellow flowers from July through August; bearing fruit (yellowish-brown achenes) from September to October. [2] The Chinese name, ma ti huang [马蹄黄], [2] can be translated to mean "yellow horseshoe". [4]
Henry Trimen, both the genus, and binomial authority of Spenceria, and S. ramalana, respectively, gave an explanation of how he arrived at these names: the genus name was given in honor of Trimen's friend, and fellow botanist, Spencer Moore, who was employed at Kew Herbarium. Trimen thought about choosing a name commemorating the collector of the species, one Captain Gill, R.E., but decided against it, as there already was a genus Gilia (Polemoniaceae), and he wished to avoid, in his words, "the formation of another of precisely similar sound." [5] As the species was collected from a mountain named Ra-Ma-La, [5] it is likely that the specific epithet "ramalana" was chosen as a toponym (the suffix "-ana" meaning "belonging to", hence "from Ra-Ma-La").
Spenceria ramalana is native to Bhutan and China (in the provinces of Sichuan, Xizang (Tibet), and Yunnan). [1]
Spenceria ramalana inhabits limestone soil on montane slopes and meadows (elev. 3000–5000 m.) [2]
Both varieties of S. ramalana have been used locally in traditional folk medicine. [2]
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