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Sinadoxa

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Adoxaceae

Higher classification
  
Adoxaceae

Order
  
Dipsacales

Scientific name
  
Sinadoxa corydalifolia

Rank
  
Species

Genus
  
Sinadoxa C.Y.Wu, Z.L.Wu & R.F.Huang

Similar
  
Adoxaceae, Dipsacales, Adoxa, Moschatel, Morinaceae

Sinadoxa corydalifolia is the only species in the monotypic plant genus Sinadoxa, in the family Adoxaceae. It is endemic to the Hengduan Mountains of the Tibetan Plateau in China.

It is a perennial herb growing from a fibrous root system with rhizomes. It produces one to four upright, green stems up to 25 centimeters tall and just a few millimeters wide. The basal leaves are pinnate, made up of leaflets which may be lobed or subdivided. There is usually one opposite pair of leaves higher on the stem, each with three leaflets. The inflorescence is a spike with interrupted clusters of 3 to 5 small, yellow-green to yellow-brown flowers. Flowering occurs in June and July.

References

Sinadoxa Wikipedia