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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
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
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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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- taxon name
- Ditaxis
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Ditaxis (Euphorbiaceae)
- Commons category
- Ditaxis (Euphorbiaceae)
- homonymous taxon
- Ditaxis
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