Whipplea is a monotypic genus containing the single species Whipplea modesta, which is known by several common names including common whipplea, yerba de selva, and modesty. It is a dicot shrub or sub-shrub in the Hydrangeaceae family, native to the Pacific Coastal region of the United States.
Harvey, A. G., "John Jeffrey: Botanical Explorer", in The Siskiyou Pioneer in Folklore, Fact and Fiction and Yearbook, Siskiyou County Historical Society. 1947. pp. 17–19, 39.
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whipplea, monotypic, genus, containing, single, species, modesta, which, known, several, common, names, including, common, whipplea, yerba, selva, modesty, dicot, shrub, shrub, hydrangeaceae, family, native, pacific, coastal, region, united, states, scientific. Whipplea is a monotypic genus containing the single species Whipplea modesta which is known by several common names including common whipplea yerba de selva and modesty It is a dicot shrub or sub shrub in the Hydrangeaceae family native to the Pacific Coastal region of the United States Whipplea Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Clade Angiosperms Clade Eudicots Clade Asterids Order Cornales Family Hydrangeaceae Subfamily Hydrangeoideae Tribe Philadelpheae Genus WhippleaTorr Species W modesta Binomial name Whipplea modestaTorr Whipplea appears to have been first recorded in 1853 by the Scottish botanical explorer John Jeffrey in the Umpqua Valley near Mount Shasta California and named for Lieutenant Amiel Weeks Whipple 1817 1863 American surveyor and engineer References editHarvey A G John Jeffrey Botanical Explorer in The Siskiyou Pioneer in Folklore Fact and Fiction and Yearbook Siskiyou County Historical Society 1947 pp 17 19 39 External links edit nbsp Media related to Whipplea at Wikimedia Commons nbsp Data related to Whipplea at Wikispecies Jepson Manual Treatment Calflora nbsp This article about plants of the order Cornales is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Whipplea amp oldid 1094468849, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
