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Gypsophila paniculata
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species of plant
OverviewAI-generated
*Gypsophila paniculata* is a species in the family Caryophyllaceae, belonging to the genus *Gypsophila*. It is classified within the order Caryophyllales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The species is also referred to by common names such as baby's breath, Schleierkraut, Pluimgipskruid, and kundusch. Its fruit type is a capsule, and it has been described as a medicinal plant.
The taxon range includes China, Xinjiang, and Guangdong. Records of the species are held by institutions including SEMAHN, UACH, MSC, DAV, and IBUNAM, with occurrences documented in Mexico and the United States. The species has been described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyCaryophyllaceae
Common Name: kundusch
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,191
- With media
- 859
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Collections
- SEMAHN, UACH, MSC, DAV, IBUNAM, CAS
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Gypsophila
- Image
- Gypsophila paniculata.jpg
- Has use
- medicinal plant
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- Gypsophila paniculata
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Gypsophila paniculata
- taxon common name
- Baby's breath
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- Gypsophila paniculata
- has fruit type
- capsule
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- taxon range
- Guangdong
- short name
- G. paniculata
- taxon author citation
- L.
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Encyclopedic overview
Gypsophila paniculata, the baby's breath, common gypsophila or panicled baby's-breath, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to central and eastern Europe. It is an herbaceous perennial growing to 1.2 m (4 ft) tall and wide, with mounds of branching stems covered in clouds of tiny white flowers in summer (hence the common name "baby's breath"). Another possible source of this name is its scent, which has been described as sour milk, like a baby's "spit-up". Its natural habitat is on the Steppes in dry, sandy and stony places, often on calcareous soils (gypsophila = "chalk-loving"). Specimens of this plant were first sent to Linnaeus from St. Petersburg by the Swiss-Russian botanist Johann Amman.
Cultivation
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gypsophila paniculata” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.