Holmskioldia
Sign in to saveHolmskioldia is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to the Himalayas (India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar) but widely cultivated as an ornamental and naturalized in many places (Southeast Asia, New Caledonia, Hawaii, Mexico, West Indies, Venezuela, etc.) It contains only one known species, Holmskioldia sanguinea, commonly called the Chinese hat plant, cup-and-saucer-plant or '''mandarin's hat.'''
Species
Chinese Hat Plant
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyLamiaceae
Native toAssam, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, West Himalaya
Observations2,642
General: 2n = 32, 36. One species, Holmskioldia sanguinea Retz.
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- Parent taxon
- Scutellarioideae
- Named after
- Johan Theodor Holmskjold
- Image
- Holmskioldia sanguinea.jpg
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Holmskioldia is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to the Himalayas (India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar) but widely cultivated as an ornamental and naturalized in many places (Southeast Asia, New Caledonia, Hawaii, Mexico, West Indies, Venezuela, etc.) It contains only one known species, Holmskioldia sanguinea, commonly called the Chinese hat plant, cup-and-saucer-plant or '''mandarin's hat.'
The genus name commemorates Johan Theodor Holmskiold (1731–1793), a Danish botanist who wrote , published in two volumes in 1790 and 1799.