Jamesia Torr. & A.Gray

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Jamesia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/jamesia/). Accessed 2025-05-23.

Family

Hydrangeaceae

Species in genus

Jamesia americana

Glossary

family: A group of genera more closely related to each other than to genera in other families. Names of families are identified by the suffix ‘-aceae’ (e.g. Myrtaceae) with a few traditional exceptions (e.g. Leguminosae).

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Jamesia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/jamesia/). Accessed 2025-05-23.

A particularly floriferous plant of Jamesia americana at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (20081658*D, raised from Unwin 66). 30 May 2024. Image Tom Christian.

A genus of a single species in western North America belonging to the same subdivision of the Philadelphus family as Carpenteria and Fendlera. It is named after Dr Edwin James, who first found it in 1820; he was then acting as botanist and historian to Major Long’s expedition to the Rocky Mountains.

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