Tolmiea

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Saxifragales

Familia: Saxifragaceae
Genus: Tolmiea
Species: T. diplomenziesii – T. menziesii
Name

Tolmiea Torr. & A.Gray, 1840, nom. cons.

Typus: T. menziesii
(Pursh) Torr. & A.Gray
Synonyms

Heterotypic

Leptaxis Raf., Fl. Tell. 2: 75. 1837, nom. rej.

Notes

Tolmiea Hook. (1834) nom. rej. = Elliottia Muhl. ex Elliott

References

Farr, E. R. & Zijlstra, G. eds. (1996-) Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2010 Aug 19 [1].
Torrey, J. & Gray, A. 1840. Fl. N. Amer. 1: 582.

Tolmiea is a genus of flowering plants containing two species native to western North America. The genus was formerly considered to be monotypic until diploid populations were split off as T. diplomenziesii from the tetraploid populations of T. menziesii.[1]

The genus was named after the Scottish-Canadian botanist William Fraser Tolmie.
Species

There are 2 species:

Tolmiea diplomenziesii
Tolmiea menziesii

References

"Flora of North America". eFloras.org. Retrieved 2014-06-03.