Diphylleia

Diphylleia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Order:Ranunculales
Family:Berberidaceae
Genus:Diphylleia
Michx.

Diphylleia is a group of small herbs in the Berberidaceae family described as a genus in 1803.[1][2] It is native to the eastern United States and eastern Asia.[3][4]

Diphylleia grayi, also known as the skeleton flower, has white petals that turn translucent with rain. When dry, they revert to white.[5]

Species[6]
  1. Diphylleia cymosa Michx. - southern Appalachians from SW Virginia to NW Georgia
  2. Diphylleia grayi F.Schmidt - Cape Sōya in northern Japan[7]
  3. Diphylleia sinensis H.L.Li - China (Gansu, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan)

References

  1. ↑ Michaux, André. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana 1: 203, plates 19–20. in Latin
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Diphylleia Michx.
  3. ↑ Flora of North America, Vol. 3 Diphylleia Michaux
  4. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 19 Page 787 山荷叶属 shan he ye shu Diphylleia Michaux
  5. ↑ J. Mater: Chem A, 2015, 3, 9379-9384
  6. ↑ The Plant List, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Diphylleia Michx.
  7. ↑ New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium


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