Mathiasella
Mathiasella bupleuroides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Selineae
Genus: Mathiasella
Constance & C.L.Hitchc.
Species:
M. bupleuroides
Binomial name
Mathiasella bupleuroides
Constance & C.L.Hitchc.

Mathiasella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1] It is in the Tribe Selineae. The genus only contains one known species, Mathiasella bupleuroides Constance & C.L.Hitchc.[2]

It is native to Mexico.[2]

The genus name of Mathiasella is in honour of Mildred Esther Mathias (1906–1995), an American botanist and college professor and also Director of the UCLA Botanic garden.[3] The Latin specific epithet of bupleuroides means "like Bupleurum" in recognition that it has visual similarities to Bupleurum, another genus of plants in the Apiaceae family, that has worldwide distribution.[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Amer. J. Bot. Vol.41 on page 56 in 1954.[2]

Known cultivars

'Green Dream' is a herbaceous perennial that grows up to 1m tall with large, dark green, highly divided leaves. The blooms are made up of jade-green bracts surrounding small, black flowers. They appear in late spring and last to autumn, gradually maturing to pink. It is used in gardens in the UK and USA.[5] It grows in moist but well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade. It may need protection from the harshest winter frosts (in the UK). The cut flowers are used ornamentally, fresh or dried.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Mathiasella Constance & C.L.Hitchc. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mathiasella bupleuroides Constance & C.L.Hitchc. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  3. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Mathiasella bupleuroides, Green Dream, Perennial,". www.smgrowers.com. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Mathiasella bupleuroides 'Green Dream'". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Mathiasella bupleuroides 'Green Dream'". BBC Gardeners' World Magazine. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.