Cardamine gouldii
| Cardamine gouldii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Cardamine |
| Species: | C. gouldii
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| Binomial name | |
| Cardamine gouldii Al-Shehbaz
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Cardamine gouldii is a plant species endemic to Bhutan. It is known only from a single specimen in the herbarium of Kew Botanic Garden in London, collected in 1938 in the Bumthang District.[1][2][3][4]
Cardamine gouldii is a perennial herb. Middle leaves have 5 leaflets, upper leaves have 3 leaflets. Petiole is 1–3 cm long, slightly winged, not auriculate. Leaflets are oblong to lanceolate, up to 5 cm long. Flowers white, with oblong petals up to 15 mm long.[1][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan Ali. 2001. Cardamine goldii (Brassicaceae), a new species from Bhutan. Novon 11: 289-291
- ^ Warwick, S. I., A. Francis & I. A. Al-Shehbaz. 2006. Brassicaceae: Species checklist and database on CD-Rom. Plant Systematics and Evolution 259: 249–258.
- ^ JSTOR Global plants, holotype of Cardamine gouldii
- ^ Bhutan Living National Treasures
- ^ Kurosaki, N, & H Ohba. 1989. Cardamine nepalensis, a new species from Nepal Himalaya (Cruciferae). Journal of Japanese Botany 64:135-138.