Giliastrum
Sign in to saveGiliastrum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polemoniaceae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderEricales
- FamilyPolemoniaceae
Native toArgentina Northwest, Arizona, Colorado, Dominican Republic, Kansas, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
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- Parent taxon
- Polemoniaceae
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Giliastrum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polemoniaceae.
== Taxonomy == The genus name of Giliastrum is in honour of Filippo Luigi Gilii (1756–1821), an Italian clergyman, naturalist and astronomer who worked in part in the Vatican City, and it was first described and published in Fl. Rocky Mts. on page 699 in 1917.