Vancouveria hexandra

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Vancouveria hexandra
Vancouveria hexandra

Vancouveria hexandra

Systematics
Class : Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
Eudicotyledons
Order : Buttercups (Ranunculales)
Family : Barberry family (Berberidaceae)
Genre : Vancouveria
Type : Vancouveria hexandra
Scientific name
Vancouveria hexandra
( Hook. ) C. Morren & Decne.

Vancouveria hexandra is a species of the genus Vancouveria within the barberry family (Berberidaceae). It is in western North America used and is there english flower white out inside- called.

description

Section of an inflorescence

Vegetative characteristics

Vancouveria hexandra is a perennial herbaceous plant and reaches heights of 20 to 40 centimeters.

The leaves are composed of three leaflets.

Generative characteristics

It got its English trivial name "Inside-out flower" because of the small, graceful white flowers with sepals similar to petals , which are bent back abruptly and so turn their inside outwards.

Occurrence

Vancouveria hexandra occurs in the western USA in western Washington and Oregon as well as in northwestern California .

Vancouveria hexandra often grows in the understory of moist, shady Douglas fir forests. It usually grows in dense stands.

Taxonomy

It was first published by William Jackson Hooker . The new combination to Vancouveria hexandra (Hook.) C. Morren & Decne. was published by Charles François Antoine Morren and Joseph Decaisne .

Individual evidence

  1. a b Vancouveria hexandra . In: USDA - Plants Database. Natural Resources Conservation Service of The United States Department of Agriculture, 2015, accessed April 23, 2015 .
  2. ^ A b Steven K. Sullivan: Vancouveria hexandra . In: Wildflower Search. 2015, accessed April 23, 2015 .
  3. ^ A b David Giblin (Editor): Vancouveria hexandra . In: WTU Herbarium Image Collection. Burke Museum, University of Washington, 2015, accessed April 23, 2015 .
  4. a b Michael P. Williams: Vancouveria hexandra . In: Jepson eFlora - Vascular Plants of California. Jepson Flora Project (Ed.): Jepson Herbarium of The University of California, Berkeley, 2012, accessed on July 23, 2019 (English, data sheet).

Web links

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