Elmera

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Saxifragaceae
Tribus: Heuchereae
Genus: Elmera
Species: E. racemosa
Name

Elmera Rydb., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 97. (1905)

monotypic taxon

References

Ryberg, P.A. 1905. North American Flora 22: 9.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Elmera in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 5. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2020. Elmera. 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 online. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 5. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Elmera. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 5 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Elmera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 Nov. 2020.

Vernacular names
English: Yellow Coralbells

Elmera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Saxifragaceae. It contains one species, Elmera racemosa (S.Watson) Rydb..[1]

Its native range is south-western Canada to north-western USA.[1]

Its name is in honour of Adolph Daniel Edward Elmer (1870–1942), an American botanist and plant collector,[2] it was first published and described in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. Vol.22 on page 97 in 1905.[1] The specific epithet of racemosa is derived from 'racemus' meaning cluster.[3]

The species has 2 known synonyms; Elmera racemosa var. puberulenta C.L.Hitchc. and Heuchera racemosa S.Watson.[4]
References

"Elmera Rydb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
Stearn, William (2004). Botanical Latin. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. ISBN 9780881926279.
"Elmera racemosa (S.Watson) Rydb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 September 2021.