Cassiope
| Cassiope | |
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| Cassiope mertensiana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cassiopoideae Kron & Judd[2] |
| Genus: | Cassiope D.Don[1] |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Harrimanella Coville | |
Cassiope is a genus of 18 small shrubby species in the family Ericaceae. It is the sole genus in the subfamily Cassiopoideae. They are native to the Arctic and north temperate montane regions. The genus is named after Cassiopeia of Greek mythology.
Description
[edit]Cassiope has scale-like leaves lying against the stems, and produce solitary bell-shaped flowers in late spring. Though hardy, flowers can be damaged by late frosts.
Taxonomy
[edit]Species
[edit]Plants of the World Online (POWO) accepts 18 species.[3]
- Cassiope abbreviata Hand.-Mazz.
- Cassiope x anadyrensis Jurtzev
- Cassiope x argyrotricha T.Z.Hsu
- Cassiope ericoides (Pall.) D.Don
- Cassiope fastigiata (Wall.) D.Don
- Cassiope fujianensis L.K.Ling & G.Hoo
- Cassiope hypnoides (L.) D.Don
- Cassiope lycopodioides (Pall.) D.Don
- Cassiope membranifolia R.C.Fang
- Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) G.Don
- Cassiope myosuroides W.W.Sm.
- Cassiope nana T.Z.Hsu
- Cassiope palpebrata W.W.Sm.
- Cassiope pectinata Stapf
- Cassiope redowskii (Cham. & Schltdl.) G.Don
- Cassiope selaginoides Hook.f. & Thomson
- Cassiope stelleriana (Pall.) DC.
- Cassiope tetragona (L.) D.Don
- Cassiope wardii Marquand
Uses
[edit]Cassiope is cultivated in gardens, suitable sites being rock gardens, peat banks or glades in woodland areas.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Don, David (1834). "An Attempt at a New Arrangement of the Ericaceæ". The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. 17: 157–158.
- ^ Kron, K. A.; Judd, W. S.; Stevens, P. F.; Crayn, D. M.; Anderberg, A. A.; Gadek, P. A.; Quinn, C. J.; Luteyn, J. L. (2002). "Phylogenetic Classification of Ericaceae: Molecular and Morphological Evidence". The Botanical Review. 68 (3): 362, 404–405, 422. doi:10.1663/0006-8101(2002)068[0335:PCOEMA]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 35699816.
- ^ a b "Cassiope D.Don". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
External links
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