Whipplea

Whipplea

Taxobox
name = "Whipplea"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Cornales
familia = Hydrangeaceae
genus = "Whipplea"
species = "W. modesta"
binomial = "Whipplea modesta"
binomial_authority = Torr.

"Whipplea" is a monotypic genus containing the single species "Whipplea modesta", which is known by several common names including common whipplea, yerba de selva, and modesty. It is a dicot shrub or sub-shrub in the Hydrangeaceae family, native to the Pacific Coastal region of the United States.

"Whipplea" appears to have been first recorded in 1853 by the Scottish botanical explorer John Jeffrey in the Umpqua Valley near Mount Shasta, California, and named for Lieutenant Amiel Weeks Whipple (1817-1863), American surveyor and engineer.

References

* Harvey, A. G., "John Jeffrey: Botanical Explorer", in "The Siskiyou Pioneer in Folklore, Fact and Fiction and Yearbook", Siskiyou County Historical Society. 1947. pp. 17-19, 39.
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5602,5612,5613 Jepson Manual Treatment]


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