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Chamaedaphne calyculata

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Chamaedaphne Moench
Species:	C. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Magnoliopsida is the Botanical name for a class of Flowering plants By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its The Ericales are a large and diverse order of Dicotyledons including for example Tea, Persimmon, Blueberry, Brazil nut, and The Plant family Ericaceae (also called the heath family or ericaceous plants) are mostly lime -hating ( Calcifuge) Conrad Moench ( 1744 - 1805) was a German Botanist, Professor of Botany at the Marburg University from 1786 until his death calyculata

Binomial name

Chamaedaphne calyculata
(L.) Moench

The Leather leaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata) is a shrub in the plant family Ericaceae and the only species in the genus Chamaedaphne. Carl Linnaeus (Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, May 23 new style (13 May old style 1707 who laid the foundations for A shrub or Bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of Woody plant, distinguished from a Tree The Plant family Ericaceae (also called the heath family or ericaceous plants) are mostly lime -hating ( Calcifuge) It has a wide distribution throughout the cool temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Northern Hemisphere is the half of a Planet that is North of the Equator —the word hemisphere literally means 'half ball'

It is a low-growing shrub up to 1. A shrub or Bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of Woody plant, distinguished from a Tree 5 m tall. The leaves are alternately arranged on the branch and elliptical to oblong shaped, 3–4 cm long, with minute scales and lighter coloration on the underside, and an entire or irregularly toothed margin. In Botany, a leaf is an above-ground Plant organ specialized for Photosynthesis. They are evergreen but often turn red-brown in winter. In Botany, an Evergreen plant is a plant having leaves all year round The flowers are small (5–6 mm long), white, and bell-like, produced in panicles up to 12 cm long. A flower, also known as a bloom or Blossom, is the reproductive structure found in Flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also A panicle is a compound Raceme, a loose much-branched indeterminate Inflorescence with pedicellate Flowers (and Fruit The species site is restricted to bogs, where they naturally form large clonal colonies. "Ramet" redirects here For the commune in Alba County, Romania see Râmeţ.

The name Chamaedaphne comes from the Greek for "ground laurel"; the common name comes from its tough, leather-like leaf. The Ancient Greek language is the historical stage in the development of the Hellenic language family spanning the Archaic (c

Leather leaf is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora ledi. A larva ( Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of Animal with indirect development, undergoing Metamorphosis (for example Lepidoptera is an order of Insect that includes Moths and butterflies. Coleophora is a very large genus of Moths of the family Coleophoridae with around 1000 described species

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