''Neviusia'', the snow-wreaths, is a genus of

ornamental plant Ornamental plants or garden plants are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space. Many flowering plants and garden varieties tend to be specially bred cultivars that ...

s, which are native to the United States, containing two extant species and one extinct species known from fossil leaves. This genus is a rare example of a disjunct range occurring in North America. The type species, ''

Neviusia alabamensis ''Neviusia alabamensis'', the Alabama snow-wreath, is a small shrub which is native to the Southeastern United States. ''Neviusia alabamensis'' is considered rare throughout its range. It is found in widely scatted populations from northwestern ...

'', occurs in several southeastern states, while second extant species, ''

Neviusia cliftonii ''Neviusia cliftonii'' is a rare species of shrub in the rose family which is known by the common name Shasta snow-wreath. It is endemic to Shasta County, California, where it is known from about 25 occurrences in the mountains around Lake Shas ...

'', is endemic to the Mt Shasta region of

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, and the extinct species ''

Neviusia dunthornei ''Neviusia dunthornei'' is an extinct species of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae. The species is solely known from the early Eocene, Ypresian stage, Allenby Formation Lacustrine deposits near the town of Princeton, British Columbia. ...

'' is found in shale deposits in the

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s of Washington and British Columbia. It is named for Episcopal priest and botanist

Reuben Nevius Reuben Denton Nevius (1827 – 14 December 1913) was an American botanist and Episcopal priest, missionary, and the first registrar of the Diocese of Olympia, Washington. Born in Ovid, New York, the Rev. Reuben Denton Nevius received in 1849 his D. ...

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