Stimpsonia_(plant)

<i>Stimpsonia</i> (plant)

Stimpsonia (plant)

Genus of flowering plants

Stimpsonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Primulaceae.[1]

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Its native range is from south eastern China to Japan (including the Ryukyu Islands), Korea and Taiwan in temperate eastern Asia.[1]

The genus name of Stimpsonia is in honour of William Stimpson (1832–1872), a noted American scientist, who was interested particularly in marine biology.[2] It was first described and published in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s., Vol.6 on page 401 in 1859.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Stimpsonia chamaedryoides C.Wright ex A.Gray
  • Stimpsonia nanlingensis G.H.Huang & G.Hao

References

  1. [1]
    "Stimpsonia C.Wright ex A.Gray | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. [2]
    Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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