Mathiasella

Mathiasella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1] It is in the Tribe Selineae. The genus only contains one known species, Mathiasella bupleuroides Constance & C.L.Hitchc.[2]

Mathiasella
Mathiasella bupleuroides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Selineae
Genus: Mathiasella
Constance & C.L.Hitchc.
Species:
M. bupleuroides
Binomial name
Mathiasella bupleuroides
Constance & C.L.Hitchc.

It is native to Mexico.[2]

The genus name of Mathiasella is in honour of Mildred Esther Mathias (1906–1995), an American botanist and college professor and also Director of the UCLA Botanic garden.[3] The Latin specific epithet of bupleuroides means "like Bupleurum" in recognition that it has visual similarities to Bupleurum, another genus of plants in the Apiaceae family, that has worldwide distribution.[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Amer. J. Bot. Vol.41 on page 56 in 1954.[2]

Known cultivars

'Green Dream' is a herbaceous perennial that grows up to 1m tall with large, dark green, highly divided leaves. The blooms are made up of jade-green bracts surrounding small, black flowers. They appear in late spring and last to autumn, gradually maturing to pink. It is used in gardens in the UK and USA.[5] It grows in moist but well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade. It may need protection from the harshest winter frosts (in the UK). The cut flowers are used ornamentally, fresh or dried.[6]

References
  1. "Mathiasella Constance & C.L.Hitchc. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. "Mathiasella bupleuroides Constance & C.L.Hitchc. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. "Mathiasella bupleuroides, Green Dream, Perennial,". www.smgrowers.com. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  5. "Mathiasella bupleuroides 'Green Dream'". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  6. "Mathiasella bupleuroides 'Green Dream'". BBC Gardeners' World Magazine. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
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