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Chimaphila
Sign in to saveChimaphila ('''prince's pine or wintergreen'; from Greek: cheima'' 'winter' and philos 'lover', hence 'winter lover') is a genus of five species of small, evergreen, flowering plants native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. They are classified in the family Ericaceae, but were formerly placed in the segregate family Pyrolaceae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderEricales
- FamilyEricaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 165
- With media
- 148
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Collections
- CIIDIR-IPN, RSA, CAS, IBUNAM, NHA, IND
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Canada, El Salvador, Taiwan
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- taxon common name
- 梅笠草属
- has fruit type
- capsule
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Chimaphila ('''prince's pine or wintergreen'; from Greek: cheima'' 'winter' and philos 'lover', hence 'winter lover') is a genus of five species of small, evergreen, flowering plants native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. They are classified in the family Ericaceae, but were formerly placed in the segregate family Pyrolaceae. Species Chimaphila japonica Chimaphila maculata (spotted wintergreen, also called striped wintergreen, striped prince's pine or rheumatism root) Chimaphila menziesii (little prince's pine) Chimaphila monticola Chimaphila umbellata (umbellate wintergreen, pipsissewa, or prince's pine)
==References== Flora of China: Chimaphila
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