Ramonda is a genus of four species of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to shady, rocky places in north eastern Spain, the Pyrenees and south eastern Europe. They are evergreen poikilohydryc perennials which form rosettes of crinkly leaves with nearly actinomorphic flowers,[2] borne on leafless stems in spring.[3]
| Ramonda | |
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| Ramonda myconi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Genus: | Ramonda Rich. (1805)[1] |
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The genus is named after the French botanist and explorer Louis Ramond de Carbonnières, who was among the first to explore the high Pyrenees.[4]
Species
editAs of April 2021[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species, including one transferred from the former monotypic genus Jankaea:[1]
- Ramonda heldreichii (Boiss.) C.B.Clarke, syn. Jankaea heldreichii
- Ramonda myconi (L.) Rchb., syn. R. pyrenaica
- Ramonda nathaliae Pancic & Petrovic
- Ramonda serbica Pancic
References
edit- ^ a b c "Ramonda Rich". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- ^ G. Theissen & K. Kaufmann (2006). "Molecular developmental genetics and the evolution of flowers". In Brian R. Jordan (ed.). The Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of Flowering (2nd ed.). CAB International. pp. 124–149. ISBN 978-1-84593-042-4.
- ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1-4053-3296-5.
- ^ Coombes, Allen J. (2012). The A to Z of plant names. USA: Timber Press. pp. 312. ISBN 978-1-60469-196-2.
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