Mathiasella
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|image = Mathiasella bupleuroides.jpg
|image_caption = Mathiasella bupleuroides
|genus = Mathiasella
|parent_authority = Constance & C.L.Hitchc.
|species = bupleuroides
|authority = Constance & C.L.Hitchc.
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Mathiasella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.{{cite web |title=Mathiasella Constance & C.L.Hitchc. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:297501-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=17 May 2021 |language=en}} It is in the Tribe Selineae. The genus only contains one known species, Mathiasella bupleuroides Constance & C.L.Hitchc.{{cite web |title=Mathiasella bupleuroides Constance & C.L.Hitchc. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:154664-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=24 October 2021 |language=en}}
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.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 |access-date=1 January 2021}} 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.{{cite web |title=Mathiasella bupleuroides, Green Dream, Perennial |url=https://www.smgrowers.com/products/plants/plantdisplay.asp?plant_id=3630 |website=www.smgrowers.com |access-date=24 October 2021}} Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Amer. J. Bot. Vol.41 on page 56 in 1954.
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.{{cite web |title=Mathiasella bupleuroides 'Green Dream' |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/240676/i-mathiasella-bupleuroides-i-green-dream/details?returnurl=%2Fplants%2Fsearch-results%3Fdisplay%3DGrid%26context%3Db%25253D136056%252526hf%25253D12%252526l%25253Den%252526q%25253D%25252523all%252526s%25253Ddesc%25252528plant_merged%25252529%252526sl%25253Dplants%26s%3Ddesc(plant_merged)%26form-mode%3Dtrue%26page%3D11335%26aliaspath%3D%252fplants%252fsearch-results |publisher=Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=24 October 2021}} 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.{{cite web |title=Mathiasella bupleuroides 'Green Dream' |url=https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/mathiasella-bupleuroides-green-dream/ |website=BBC Gardeners' World Magazine |access-date=24 October 2021 |language=en}}
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Category:Monotypic Apioideae genera
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