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Beesia deltophylla (Beesia deltophylla)

Description

Beesia is a genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family. It was named after the plant nursery firm Bees of Chester, who financed the plant hunting trips of George Forrest and Frank Kingdon-Ward in China. Beesia is an evergreen perennial and grows as a dense basal rossete of heart-shaped leaves with delicate serrated edges. Leaves are soft and waxy, new growth of B. deltophylla flushes dark green to black while B. calthifolia is a lighter shade of green. Small white flowers bloom mid-summer off a upright spike. Flowers are star-like with five petals and many white stamens. Especially the flowering plant is the Beesia deltophylla . Firstly it is described by Cheng Yih Wu . The Beesia deltophylla covered kahenera Beesia the family Ranunculaceae . Nowadays there is no such thing as being listed under it.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Ranunculales

            • Family: Ranunculaceae

              • Genus: Beesia