Ramonda pyrenaica
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Ramonda pyrenaica is relictual endemite (paleoendemite) of the Gesneriaceae
family (Genus Ramonda
) growing in the Pyrenées
.
The plant name has been dedicated to Louis Ramond de Carbonnières
by the botaniste Jean Michel Claude Richard
.
Its also used as ornamental plant.
Gesneriaceae
Gesneriaceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of ca. 150 genera and ca. 3,200 species in the Old World and New World tropics and subtropics, with a very small number extending to temperate areas. Many species have colorful and showy flowers and are cultivated as ornamental plants.Most...
family (Genus Ramonda
Ramonda (plant)
Ramonda is a plant genus in the family Gesneriaceae with nearly actinomorphic flowers....
) growing in the Pyrenées
Pyrenees
The Pyrenees is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between France and Spain...
.
The plant name has been dedicated to Louis Ramond de Carbonnières
Louis Ramond de Carbonnières
Louis François Élisabeth Ramond, baron de Carbonnières , was a French politician, geologist and botanist...
by the botaniste Jean Michel Claude Richard
Jean Michel Claude Richard
Jean Michel Claude Richard was a noted French botanist and plant collector active in Senegal, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Réunion, and a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.Richard was born in Volon, Haute-Saône...
.
Its also used as ornamental plant.