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Ditaxis
Sign in to saveDitaxis is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1824. Its name comes from Greek dis ("two") and taxis ("rank"), referring to the stamens which are in two whorls. The genus is widespread across much of the Western Hemisphere from the southern United States to Uruguay.
Species
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 176
- With media
- 93
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Collections
- CAS, FCN-UAQ, FC-UNAM, SERBO, IBUNAM, MICH
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Colombia, Guatemala
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Euphorbiaceae
- Image
- Ditaxis argothamnoides.jpg
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- Ditaxis
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Ditaxis (Euphorbiaceae)
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- Ditaxis (Euphorbiaceae)
- homonymous taxon
- Ditaxis
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Ditaxis is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1824. Its name comes from Greek dis ("two") and taxis ("rank"), referring to the stamens which are in two whorls. The genus is widespread across much of the Western Hemisphere from the southern United States to Uruguay. Species formerly included moved to other genera (Adelia Argythamnia Caperonia Chiropetalum Philyra)
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ditaxis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.