Kingdoniaceae
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Kingdonia uniflora is a species of perennial
herb
s native to China. The plants have one leaf and a short (0.1 m) flower stalk with a small (8 mm) flower.
It grows at high elevations in West and North China.
along with Circaeaster agrestis
. Other sources may classify Kingdonia in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae
. In any case it is in the order Ranunculales
.
Perennial plant
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. The term is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter lived annuals and biennials. The term is sometimes misused by commercial gardeners or horticulturalists to describe only herbaceous perennials...
herb
Herbaceous plant
A herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...
s native to China. The plants have one leaf and a short (0.1 m) flower stalk with a small (8 mm) flower.
It grows at high elevations in West and North China.
Classification
Kingdonia is classified as the only genus in the family Kingdoniaceae or as a member of the family CircaeasteraceaeCircaeasteraceae
Circaeasteraceae is a family of one to two species of herbaceous plants native to China and the Himalayas.The family has been recognized by many taxonomists. The APG II system , recognizes it and places it in the order Ranunculales in the clade eudicots...
along with Circaeaster agrestis
Circaeaster agrestis
Circaeaster agrestis is a flowering plant species and one of only one to two species in its family, the Circaeasteraceae. The plant is a small, glabrous herb found in temperate zones from the northwest Himalaya to northwest China.-References:*...
. Other sources may classify Kingdonia in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae
Ranunculaceae
Ranunculaceae are a family of about 1700 species of flowering plants in about 60 genera, distributed worldwide....
. In any case it is in the order Ranunculales
Ranunculales
Ranunculales is an order of flowering plants. Of necessity it contains the family Ranunculaceae, the buttercup family, because the name of the order is based on the name of a genus in that family. Ranunculales belongs to a paraphyletic group known as the basal eudicots...
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