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Desfontainia
Sign in to saveDesfontainia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Columelliaceae, though it was placed formerly in Loganiaceae, Potaliaceae (later subsumed in Gentianaceae), or a family of its own, Desfontainiaceae.
Species
Chilean Holly
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBruniales
- FamilyColumelliaceae
Common Name: tincula
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 44
- With media
- 37
- Family
- Columelliaceae
- Collections
- ENCB-IPN, USF, BRIT, MO, F, RSA
- Recorded in
- Colombia, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Perú
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- Calcifuge
- Parent taxon
- Columelliaceae
- Image
- Desfontainia spinosa.jpg
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- taxon name
- Desfontainia
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Desfontainia
- topic's main category
- Category:Desfontainia
- taxonomic type
- Desfontainia spinosa
- taxon common name
- 枸骨叶属
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Species
- Habitat
- Epiphyte
- Seed dispersal
- Pollinators
- Cultivation
- Uses
- Chemistry
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Desfontainia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Columelliaceae, though it was placed formerly in Loganiaceae, Potaliaceae (later subsumed in Gentianaceae), or a family of its own, Desfontainiaceae.
The genus was named for the French botanist, René Louiche Desfontaines. It is hardy to , and requires winter protection in areas with significant frosts.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Desfontainia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.