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Jamesia
Sign in to saveJamesia is a genus of shrubs in the Hydrangeaceae, most commonly known as Jamesia, cliffbush or waxflower. It is native to interior western North America, in the U.S. states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, growing in mountains at 1600–3000 m altitude.
Species
Genus
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyCompositae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 68
- With media
- 50
- Family
- Hydrangeaceae
- Collections
- UCMP, SD, UNM, KU, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, BAYLU
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Ecuador
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Jamesioideae
- Image
- Jamesia americana 8.jpg
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- taxon name
- Jamesia
- Commons category
- Jamesia
- topic's main category
- Category:Jamesia
- taxon common name
- 岩绣梅属
- homonymous taxon
- Jamesia
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Jamesia is a genus of shrubs in the Hydrangeaceae, most commonly known as Jamesia, cliffbush or waxflower. It is native to interior western North America, in the U.S. states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, growing in mountains at 1600–3000 m altitude.
==Taxonomy== ===Publication=== The genus Jamesia was described by John Torrey and Asa Gray in 1840. ===Species=== The following species are accepted: Jamesia americana Jamesia tetrapetala
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