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Caylusea
Sign in to saveThe plant genus Caylusea is a small group of plants found in parts of Africa and India. Caylusea abyssinica is eaten as a vegetable.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBrassicales
- FamilyResedaceae
Native toAlgeria, Cape Verde, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 56
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Resedaceae
- Collections
- SD, MO, NHMUK, MNHN
- Recorded in
- United States, Ethiopia, Morocco
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Resedaceae
- Named after
- Anne Claude Philippe, Comte de Caylus
- Image
- Caylusea hexagyna.JPG
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The plant genus Caylusea is a small group of plants found in parts of Africa and India. Caylusea abyssinica is eaten as a vegetable.
==Selected species == Caylusea abyssinica Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Caylusea canescens Webb Caylusea canescens A.St.-Hil. (IK) Caylusea hexagyna (Forssk.) M.L.Green Caylusea jaberi Abedin Caylusea latifolia P.Taylor Caylusea moquiniana Webb
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