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Edithcolea
Sign in to saveEdithcolea is a monotypic genus with a single species Edithcolea grandis (Persian carpet flower). Once classified in the family Asclepiadaceae, it is now in the subfamily Asclepiadoideae of the dogbane family Apocynaceae. It is native to eastern Africa and to the Arabian Peninsula.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyApocynaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Collections
- SD, MNHN, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States, Ethiopie
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Stapeliinae
- Image
- Edithcolea grandis baylissiana2 ies.jpg
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- taxon name
- Edithcolea
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Edithcolea
- topic's main category
- Category:Edithcolea
- taxon common name
- 胡锦花属
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Encyclopedic overview
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Edithcolea is a monotypic genus with a single species Edithcolea grandis (Persian carpet flower). Once classified in the family Asclepiadaceae, it is now in the subfamily Asclepiadoideae of the dogbane family Apocynaceae. It is native to eastern Africa and to the Arabian Peninsula.
The genus is named after Edith Cole (1859–1940). She collected the type material for this plant with Lort Philips in 1895, during a botanical expedition (1894–1895) led by Ethelbert Edward Lort Phillips (1857-1944) from Berbera to the Golis mountains in Somaliland.
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