Jump to content

Tolmiea

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Plantsurfer (talk | contribs) at 17:58, 3 October 2020 (Adding local short description: "Genus of flowering plants in the family Saxifragaceae", overriding Wikidata description "genus of plants" (Shortdesc helper)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Tolmiea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Saxifragaceae
Genus: Tolmiea
Torr. & Gray
Species

2, see text

Tolmiea is a genus of flowering plants containing two species native to western North America. The genus was formerly considered to be monotypic until diploid populations were split off as T. diplomenziesii from the tetraploid populations of T. menziesii.[1]

The genus was named after the Scottish-Canadian botanist William Fraser Tolmie.

Species

There are 2 species:

References

  1. ^ "Flora of North America". eFloras.org. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
Tolmiea menziesii amongst bedstraw at Eglinton, Ayrshire, Scotland


Stub icon

This Saxifragaceae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tolmiea&oldid=981661365"