Lyonia ferruginea

Lyonia ferruginea, the rusty staggerbush, tree lyonia, dragon tree, is a plant of the genus Lyonia. It was first described by Thomas Walter, and was named by Thomas Nuttall.[3][4] No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.[3]

Rusty staggerbush

Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Lyonia
Species:
L. ferruginea
Binomial name
Lyonia ferruginea
(Michx.) G.S. Torr.
Synonyms[2]
  • Andromeda ferruginea var. fruticosa Michx.
  • Xolisma ferruginea (Michx.) Nash
Showing rusty colored newer growth

References
  1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 - Lyonia ferruginea, Rusty Lyonia". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. Tropicos
  3. Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed) (May 26, 2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  4. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.