Carpenteria
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For the palm, see Carpentaria.
This article is about the Carpenteria plant. For other uses, see Carpenteria (disambiguation).
For other uses of "tree anemone", see Tree anemone.
Carpenteria /ˌkɑːrpənˈtɪəriə ˌkælɪˈfɔːrnɪkə/,[2] the tree anemone or bush anemone, is a genus of flowering plants in the hydrangea family Hydrangeaceae.[3] It is closely related to the similar genus Philadelphus and is monotypic, being represented by the single species Carpenteria californica which is a flowering evergreen shrub native to the Sierra Nevada foothills in California.
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Carpenteria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Cornales |
Family: | Hydrangeaceae |
Subfamily: | Hydrangeoideae |
Tribe: | Philadelpheae |
Genus: | Carpenteria Torr. |
Species: | C. californica |
Binomial name | |
Carpenteria californica Torr. | |
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The genus was named in honor of Dr. William Marbury Carpenter,[4] a noted botanist from Louisiana.