Ramonda (plant)

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Ramonda
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Ramonda myconi
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Ramonda
Rich. (1805) [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • ChaixiaLapeyr.
  • JancaeaBoiss.
  • JankaeaBoiss.
  • ×JankaemondaHalda
  • LobirotaDulac
  • MyconiaVent.

Ramonda is a genus of four species of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to shady, rocky places in north eastern Spain, the Pyrenees and south eastern Europe. They are evergreen poikilohydryc perennials which form rosettes of crinkly leaves with nearly actinomorphic flowers, [2] borne on leafless stems in spring. [3]

The genus is named after the French botanist and explorer Louis Ramond de Carbonnières, who was among the first to explore the high Pyrenees. [4]

Species

As of April 2021, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species, including one transferred from the former monotypic genus Jankaea: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ramonda Rich". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
  2. G. Theissen & K. Kaufmann (2006). "Molecular developmental genetics and the evolution of flowers". In Brian R. Jordan (ed.). The Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of Flowering (2nd ed.). CAB International. pp. 124–149. ISBN   978-1-84593-042-4.
  3. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN   978-1-4053-3296-5.
  4. Coombes, Allen J. (2012). The A to Z of plant names . USA: Timber Press. pp.  312. ISBN   978-1-60469-196-2.