Dysosma | |
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Dysosma veitchii | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Berberidaceae |
Genus: | Dysosma Woodson |
Type species | |
Dysosma pleiantha (Hance) Woodson (holotype) [1] | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Podophyllum sect. Dysosma(Woodson) Shaw |
Dysosma is a group of herbaceous perennials in the Berberidaceae or barberry family described as a genus in 1928. [1] [3] It is native to China and Indochina. [2]
The Berberidaceae are a family of 18 genera of flowering plants commonly called the barberry family. This family is in the order Ranunculales. The family contains about 700 known species, of which the majority are in Berberis. The species include trees, shrubs and perennial herbaceous plants.
The genus is not universally recognised by this name, as some authorities include the plants in the genus Podophyllum . Dysosma is recognised by other authorities as including only those Podophyllum species which originate in China. [4] Dysosma grow as perennial, rhizomatous wildflowers on the damp and humus-rich floors of deciduous forests. The single umbrella-shaped leaves grow on an erect stem that usually stands 12–24 inches (300–610 mm), but with height varying with species. The leaves may be completely green or mottled and flecked with purple; they have an entire or deeply serrated edge depending on species. The flowers are nodding and in a range of colours. The fruit is a dark red berry. [2]
Podophyllum is an herbaceous perennial plant in the family Berberidaceae, described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. In the past, several species were included in the genus, but all but one have been transferred to other genera (Dysosma, Pilea, and Sinopodophyllum). The one remaining species is Podophyllum peltatum, with common names mayapple, American mandrake, wild mandrake, and ground lemon. It is widespread across most of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada.
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