Neviusia
| Snow-wreath | |
|---|---|
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| Neviusia alabamensis flowers | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amygdaloideae[1] |
| Tribe: | Kerrieae |
| Genus: | Neviusia |
| Genera | |
Neviusia, the snow-wreaths,[2] is a genus of ornamental plants, which are native to the United States, containing two extant species and one extinct species known from leaf fossils. This genus is a rare example of a disjunct range occurring in North America. The type species, Neviusia alabamensis, occurs in several southeastern states, while second extant species, Neviusia cliftonii, is endemic to the Mt Shasta region of California, and the extinct species Neviusia dunthornei is found in shale deposits in the Okanagan Highlands of Washington and British Columbia.
References
- ↑ Potter, D., et al. (2007). Phylogeny and classification of Rosaceae. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 266(1–2): 5–43. [Referring to the subfamily by the name "Spiraeoideae"]
- ↑ "Neviusia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- DeVore, M.L.; Moore, S.M.; Pigg, K.B.; Wehr, W.C. (2004). "Fossil Neviusia leaves (Rosaceae: Kerrieae) from the Lower Middle Eocene of Southern British Columbia". Rhodora 106 (927): 197–209. JSTOR 23314752.
- DeVore, M.L.; Pigg, K.B.; Wehr, W.C. (2005). "Systematics and phytogeography of selected Eocene Okanagan Highlands plants". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42: 205–214. doi:10.1139/e04-072.
- Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
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