Tapiscia
Encyclopedia
Tapiscia is a genus
of flowering plant
s in the family
Tapisciaceae
. Some authors recognize only one species, Tapiscia sinensis
. Other authors recognize two species, T. sinensis and T. yunnanensis.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Tapisciaceae
Tapisciaceae
Tapisciaceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Until recently it had been abandoned by taxonomists, and it was not recognised in the APG II system of 2003. Recently, however, it has been reinstated to encompass the two small genera Tapiscia and Huertea....
. Some authors recognize only one species, Tapiscia sinensis
Tapiscia sinensis
Tapiscia sinensis is a species of plant in the Tapisciaceae family. It is endemic to China. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....
. Other authors recognize two species, T. sinensis and T. yunnanensis.