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Patrinia

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Patrinia
P. gibbosa with Mt. Bandaisan, Fukushima pref., Japan, in the background
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Subfamily: Valerianoideae
Genus: Patrinia
Juss. (1807)
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Clarkeifedia Kuntze (1903)
  • Fedia Adans. (1763), nom. rej.
  • Gytonanthus Raf. (1820)
  • Mouffetta Neck. (1790), opus utique oppr.

Patrinia is a genus of herbaceous plants in the honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae). It includes 14 species native to grassy mountain habitats from eastern European Russia to China, Siberia, Korea, and Japan.[1] These are unassuming clump-forming perennial plants having thin, erect stems with few leaves and bearing a terminal inflorescence with yellow or white flowers.

Species

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14 species are accepted.[1]

Fossil record

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One fossil fruit of †Patrinia palaeosibirica has been extracted from borehole samples of the Middle Miocene fresh water deposits in Nowy Sacz Basin, West Carpathians, Poland.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Patrinia Juss. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  2. ^ Łańcucka-Środoniowa M.: Macroscopic plant remains from the freshwater Miocene of the Nowy Sącz Basin (West Carpathians, Poland) [Szczątki makroskopowe roślin z miocenu słodkowodnego Kotliny Sądeckiej (Karpaty Zachodnie, Polska)]. Acta Palaeobotanica 1979 20 (1): 3-117.
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  • Patrinia Genus
  • "Patrinia". Plants for a Future.