Diphylleia (plant)

Not to be confused with Diphylla or Diphylleia rotans.

Diphylleia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Diphylleia
Michx.

Diphylleia is a group of large herbs in the family Berberidaceae described as a genus in 1803.[1][2] It is native to the eastern United States and eastern Asia.[3][4]

Diphylleia grayi, also known as the skeleton flower, has white petals that turn translucent with rain. When dry, they revert to white.[5]

  1. ^ Michaux, André. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana 1: 203, plates 19–20. in Latin
  2. ^ Tropicos, Diphylleia Michx.
  3. ^ Flora of North America, Vol. 3 Diphylleia Michaux
  4. ^ Flora of China Vol. 19 Page 787 山荷叶属 shan he ye shu Diphylleia Michaux
  5. ^ J. Mater: Chem A, 2015, 3, 9379-9384[permanent dead link]