| Kingdonia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Circaeasteraceae |
| Genus: | Kingdonia Balf.f. & W.W.Sm. |
| Species: | K. uniflora
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| Binomial name | |
| Kingdonia uniflora | |
Kingdonia uniflora is a species of perennial herb native to China. The plants have one leaf and a 100-millimetre (4-inch) flower stalk with a 8 mm (3⁄8 in) flower.[1]
It grows at high elevations in West and North China.[1] Most of the plants are found in western Yunnan. It is an endangered species. Analysis of its draft genome hinted that its restricted distribution and endangered status relates to the loss of specific gene families.[2]
- ^ a b "Kingdonia uniflora". Flora of China.
- ^ Sun, Yanxia; Deng, Tao; Zhang, Aidi; Moore, Michael J.; Landis, Jacob B.; Lin, Nan; Zhang, Huajie; Zhang, Xu; Huang, Jinling; Zhang, Xiujun; Sun, Hang; Wang, Hengchang (2020). "Genome Sequencing of the Endangered Kingdonia uniflora (Circaeasteraceae, Ranunculales) Reveals Potential Mechanisms of Evolutionary Specialization". iScience. 23 (5): 101124. Bibcode:2020iSci...23j1124S. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2020.101124. ISSN 2589-0042. PMC 7232092. PMID 32428861.