Mitella

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Saxifragaceae
Tribus: Heuchereae
Genus: Mitella
Species: M. acerina – M. diphylla – M. furusei – M. integripetala – M. koshiensis – M. nuda – M. pauciflora – M. pentandra – M. stauropetala – M. stylosa – M. trifida
Name

Mitella L., Sp. Pl. 1: 406 (1753); Gen Pl., ed. 5: 190 (1754). emend. Folk et al. (2021)

Lectotype species: Mitella diphylla L. (designated by Rydberg, N. Amer. Fl. 22: 91 (18 Dec 1905), supported by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot. 154 (Aug 1929))

References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 406. Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 190. Reference page.

Additional references

Folk, R.A., Stubbs, R.L., Engle‐Wrye, N.J., Soltis, D.E. & Okuyama, Y. 2021. Biogeography and habitat evolution of Saxifragaceae, with a revision of generic limits and a new tribal system. Taxon 70(2): 263-285. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12450 Open access Reference page.
Hitchcock, A.S. & Green, M.L. 1929. Standard species of Linnaean genera of Phanerogamae (1753–1754). pp. 111–195 in International Botanical Congress. Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Mitella Saxifragales in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Aug. 8. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Mitella. Published online. Accessed: Aug 31 2019.
Tropicos.org . Mitella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: Aug 31 2019 .
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Mitella in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 Aug 31.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Mitella Saxifragales in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names
English: miterworts, bishop's caps
suomi: Mitrakukat

Mitella is a genus of flowering plants known as miterworts or bishop's caps. Mitella species are native to temperate and arctic North America and Asia.

Description

Mitella includes perennials growing from a scaly rhizome, bearing wide heart- or spade-shaped leaves near their bases and flowers with five petals in a long raceme or spike.
Etymology

The genus name means "little mitre", from Latin mitra with the diminutive suffix -ella, since the flowers are said to resemble bishop's headdresses. In Classical Latin use, however, mitella means "female headdress" or "sling".[1] Latin mitra comes from Greek mítrā "girdle", "headband", or "turban".[2]
Species

Species include:

Mitella breweri - Brewer's miterwort
Mitella caulescens - slightstemmed miterwort
Mitella diphylla - twoleaf miterwort
Mitella diversifolia - angleleaf miterwort
Mitella nuda - naked miterwort
Mitella ovalis - coastal miterwort
Mitella pentandra - fivestamen miterwort
Mitella prostrata - creeping bishop's cap
Mitella stauropetala - smallflower miterwort
Mitella trifida - threepart miterwort

References

"mitella". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
μίτρα. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
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