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Kingdonia uniflora is a species of perennial herb native to China. The plants have one leaf and a 100-millimetre (4-inch) flower stalk with a 8 mm (38 in) flower.[1]

Kingdonia uniflora
Kingdonia uniflora

Kingdonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Circaeasteraceae
Genus: Kingdonia
Balf.f. & W.W.Sm.
Species:
K. uniflora
Binomial name
Kingdonia uniflora

It grows at high elevations in West and North China.[1] Most of the plants are found in western Yunnan. It is an endangered species.


Classification


Kingdonia is sometimes classified as the only genus in the family Kingdoniaceae[2] or as a member of the family Circaeasteraceae along with Circaeaster agrestis, specifically in the APG III system of classification.[3][4] Other sources may classify Kingdonia in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae.[1] In any case it is in the order Ranunculales.


References


  1. "Kingdonia uniflora". Flora of China.
  2. Archived 3 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine/angio/www/kingdoni.htm Kingdoniaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). /angio/ The families of flowering plants  : descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 3 May 2006. http://delta-intkey.com
  3. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 105–121, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x
  4. Joan W. Nowicke and John J. Skvarla (July 1982). "Pollen Morphology and the Relationships of Circaeaster, of Kingdonia, and of Sargentodoxa to the Ranunculales". American Journal of Botany. Botanical Society of America. 69 (6): 990–998. doi:10.2307/2442896. JSTOR 2442896.





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