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Whipplea

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
Scientific name
  
Whipplea modesta

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Genus
  
Whipplea

Higher classification
  
Whipplea

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Similar
  
Fendlerella, Hydrangeaceae, Fendlera, Broussaisia, Jamesia

Whipplea is a monotypic genus containing the single species Whipplea modesta, which is known by several common names including common whipplea, yerba de selva, and modesty. It is a dicot shrub or sub-shrub in the Hydrangeaceae family, native to the Pacific Coastal region of the United States.

Whipplea appears to have been first recorded in 1853 by the Scottish botanical explorer John Jeffrey in the Umpqua Valley near Mount Shasta, California, and named for Lieutenant Amiel Weeks Whipple (1817-1863), American surveyor and engineer.

References

Whipplea Wikipedia


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