Cassiope

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Cassiopoideae
Genus: Cassiope
Species: C. abbreviata – C. argyrotricha – C. ericoides – C. fastigiata – C. fujianensis – C. hypnoides – C. lycopodioides – C. membranifolia – C. mertensiana – C. myosuroides – C. nana – C. palpebrata – C. pectinata – C. redowskii – C. selaginoides – C. stelleriana – C. tetragona – C. wardii

Nothospecies: C. × anadyrensis

Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cassiope in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 May 22. Reference page.

Name

Cassiope D.Don (1834)

Type species: C. tetragona (L.) D.Don

References
Primary references

Don, D. 1834. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 157.

Additional references

Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Cassiope in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2011 Nov 23.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Cassiope. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr 21. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cassiope in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cassiope. Published online. Accessed: Apr 21 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Cassiope. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr 21.

Vernacular names
čeština: Kasiope
dansk: Kantlyng-slægten
Deutsch: Schuppenheiden
English: Mountain Heather
suomi: Varpiot
日本語: イワヒゲ属
norsk nynorsk: Kantlyngslekta
русский: Кассиопея
svenska: Kantljungssläktet
中文: 锦绦花属

Cassiope is a genus of 9-12 small shrubby species in the family Ericaceae. It is the sole genus in the subfamily Cassiopoideae. They are native to the Arctic and north temperate montane regions. The genus is named after Cassiopeia of Greek mythology. Common names, shared with several other similar related genera, include heather and heath. They have scale-like leaves lying against the stems, and produce solitary bell-shaped flowers in late spring. Though hardy, flowers can be damaged by late frosts.

They are cultivated in gardens, suitable sites being rock gardens, peat banks or glades in woodland areas.,[3]
References

Don, David (1834). "An Attempt at a New Arrangement of the Ericaceæ". The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. 17: 157–158.
Kron, K. A.; Judd, W. S.; Stevens, P. F.; Crayn, D. M.; Anderberg, A. A.; Gadek, P. A.; Quinn, C. J.; Luteyn, J. L. (2002). "Phylogenetic Classification of Ericaceae: Molecular and Morphological Evidence". The Botanical Review. 68 (3): 362, 404–405, 422. doi:10.1663/0006-8101(2002)068[0335:PCOEMA]2.0.CO;2.
RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.