''Patrinia'' is a genus of herbaceous plants in the honeysuckle family (
Caprifoliaceae).
There are about 17 species
[ native to grassy mountain habitats in ]China
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, Siberia and Japan
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. These are unassuming clump-forming perennial plants having thin, erect stems with few leaves and bearing a terminal inflorescence with yellow or white flowers.
Selected species
* ''Patrinia gibbosa
''Patrinia gibbosa'', the swollen patrinia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae, native to northern Japan and the Kuril Islands. A clumping perennial, it is smaller than the better-known ''Patrinia scabiosifolia
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* ''Patrinia scabiosifolia
''Patrinia scabiosifolia'', the eastern valerian or golden lace, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae. It is native to southeastern Siberia, Mongolia, the Russian Far East, most of China, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, and the Ryu ...
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* ''Patrinia triloba
''Patrinia'' is a genus of herbaceous plants in the honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae). There are about 17 species native to grassy mountain habitats in China, Siberia and Japan. These are unassuming clump-forming perennial plants having thin, er ...
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* ''Patrinia villosa
''Patrinia'' is a genus of herbaceous plants in the honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae). There are about 17 species native to grassy mountain habitats in China, Siberia and Japan. These are unassuming clump-forming perennial plants having thin, er ...
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Fossil record
One fossil fruit of †''Patrinia palaeosibirica'' has been extracted from borehole samples of the Middle Miocene
The Middle Miocene is a sub-epoch of the Miocene Epoch made up of two stages: the Langhian and Serravallian stages. The Middle Miocene is preceded by the Early Miocene.
The sub-epoch lasted from 15.97 ± 0.05 Ma to 11.608 ± 0.005 Ma (million y ...
fresh water deposits in Nowy Sacz Basin, West Carpathians, Poland.[Łańcucka-Środoniowa M.: Macroscopic plant remains from the freshwater Miocene of the Nowy Sącz Basin (West Carpathians, Poland) zczątki makroskopowe roślin z miocenu słodkowodnego Kotliny Sądeckiej (Karpaty Zachodnie, Polska) Acta Palaeobotanica 1979 20 (1): 3-117.]
References
External links
Patrinia Genus
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Valerianoideae
Caprifoliaceae genera
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