Eriocapitella rupicola

Eriocapitella rupicola, a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, is native to Asia.[1] The specific epithet rupicola means "growing on rocks".[2] In Chinese, a common name is yan sheng yin lian hua,[3] which means "rock anemone".[4]

Eriocapitella rupicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Eriocapitella
Species:
E. rupicola
Binomial name
Eriocapitella rupicola
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Anemone batangensis Finet
    • Anemone rupestris Jacquem. ex Cambess.
    • Anemone rupicola Cambess.
    • Anemone rupicola subsp. reniformis R.P.Chaudhary
    • Anemone rupicola subsp. sericea (Hook.f. & Thomson) R.P.Chaudhary

Taxonomy

Eriocapitella rupicola was described by Maarten J. M. Christenhusz and James W. Byng in 2018.[5] Like other members of genus Eriocapitella, E. rupicola was formerly a member of genus Anemone. The basionym Anemone rupicola Cambess. was described in 1844.[6]

Cultivation

The cultivar Eriocapitella rupicola 'Wild Swan' won the Plant of the Year Award at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2011.[7] It is said to be a cross between E. rupicola and E. hupehensis.

Bibliography
  • Gledhill, David (2008). The Names of Plants (4th ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3.

References
  1. "Eriocapitella rupicola (Cambess.) Christenh. & Byng". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  2. Gledhill (2008), p. 336.
  3. Wang, Wencai; Ziman, Svetlana N.; Dutton, Bryan E. "Anemone rupicola". Flora of China. Vol. 6 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  4. "Chinese-English online translator and dictionary". Yandex Translate. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  5. "Eriocapitella rupicola (Cambess.) Christenh. & Byng". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  6. "Anemone rupicola Cambess.". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  7. "Chelsea Plant of the Year" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. September 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2020.


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