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Gisekia
Sign in to saveGisekia is a genus of flowering plants. It is the only genus in the family Gisekiaceae and has seven species. The family was recognized in the APG II system (2003) and assigned to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots. This represents a change from the APG system (1998), which did not recognize this family.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyGisekiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 29
- With media
- 21
- Family
- Gisekiaceae
- Collections
- MO, CAS, GH, NCU, BRIT, NY
- Recorded in
- Vietnam, United States, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Mozambique, India, Zambia, Kenya, Somalia
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Gisekia is a genus of flowering plants. It is the only genus in the family Gisekiaceae and has seven species. The family was recognized in the APG II system (2003) and assigned to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots. This represents a change from the APG system (1998), which did not recognize this family.
The AP-Website accepts this family with one genus.
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