Trimeris
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Trimeris is a genus
of the plant family
Campanulaceae
endemic to the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Species
There is a single species
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 the plant 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...
Campanulaceae
Campanulaceae
The family Campanulaceae , of the order Asterales, contains about 2000 species in 70 genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, often with milky non-toxic sap...
endemic to the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Species
There is a single species
- Trimeris scaevolifoliaTrimeris scaevolifoliaTrimeris scaevolifolia is the sole member of the endemic genus Trimeris from the island of Saint Helena.-References:* Cronk, Q.C.B. The endemic Flora of St Helena. Anthony Nelson Ltd, Oswestry....
(Roxb.William RoxburghWilliam Roxburgh was a Scottish surgeon and botanist. He has been called the Father of Indian Botany.-Early life:Roxburgh was born at Underwood in the parish of Craigie, Ayrshire. He studied medicine in Edinburgh...
) Mabb.David MabberleyProfessor Dr. David John Mabberley, , is a botanist, educator and writer. Among his varied interests is the taxonomy of tropical plants, especially trees of the families Labiatae, Meliaceae and Rutaceae. He is perhaps best known for his plant dictionary The plant-book. A portable dictionary of the...
- St Helena lobelia, milkwood