''Shivparvatia'' is a genus of
flowering plants belonging to the family
Caryophyllaceae.
The genus name of ''Shivparvatia'' refers to both the
Hindu
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god ''
Shiv'' and ''
Parvati'', the Hindu goddess of power, energy, nourishment, harmony, love, beauty, devotion, and motherhood.
The genus was
circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius.
Not every po ...
by Prashant Keshav Pusalkar and Devendra Kumar Singh in J. Jap. Bot. vol.90 (Issue 2) on page 81 in 2015.
It is found in central China, the
Himalayas,
Nepal,
Qinghai and
Tibet.
Species:
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Shivparvatia ciliolata''
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Shivparvatia forrestii''
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Shivparvatia glanduligera''
*''
Shivparvatia ludlowii''
*''
Shivparvatia melandryiformis''
*''
Shivparvatia melandryoides''
*''
Shivparvatia monantha''
*''
Shivparvatia ramellata''
*''
Shivparvatia rhodantha''
*''
Shivparvatia stracheyi''
References
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Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae genera
Flora of North-Central China
Flora of Qinghai
Flora of South-Central China
Flora of Nepal
Flora of East Himalaya
Flora of West Himalaya