Krascheninnikovia
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Krascheninnikovia is a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family
known generally as winterfat. They are known from Eurasia and western North America. These are hairy perennials or small shrub
s which may be monoecious
or dioecious. They bear spike inflorescence
s of woolly flowers.
Species include:
The genus was named for the Russia
n botanist and explorer of Siberia
and Kamchatka
, Stepan Krasheninnikov
.
Amaranthaceae
The flowering plant family Amaranthaceae, the Amaranth family, contains about 176 genera and 2,400 species.- Description :Most of these species are herbs or subshrubs; very few are trees or climbers. Some species are succulent....
known generally as winterfat. They are known from Eurasia and western North America. These are hairy perennials or small shrub
Shrub
A shrub or bush is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and shorter height, usually under 5–6 m tall. A large number of plants may become either shrubs or trees, depending on the growing conditions they experience...
s which may be monoecious
Plant sexuality
Plant sexuality covers the wide variety of sexual reproduction systems found across the plant kingdom. This article describes morphological aspects of sexual reproduction of plants....
or dioecious. They bear spike inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
s of woolly flowers.
Species include:
- Krascheninnikovia arborescens
- Krascheninnikovia ceratoides
- Krascheninnikovia compacta
- Krascheninnikovia ewersmannia
- Krascheninnikovia lanataKrascheninnikovia lanataKrascheninnikovia lanata is a species of flowering plant in the amaranth family known by the common name Winterfat. It is native to much of western North America: from central Western Canada; through the Western United States; to Northern Mexico...
The genus was named for the Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n botanist and explorer of Siberia
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
and Kamchatka
Kamchatka Peninsula
The Kamchatka Peninsula is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of . It lies between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Sea of Okhotsk to the west...
, Stepan Krasheninnikov
Stepan Krasheninnikov
Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov was a Russian explorer of Siberia, naturalist and geographer who gave the first full description of Kamchatka in the early 18th century. He was elected to the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1745...
.