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Species
Genus
- PhylumHeterokontophyta
- ClassBacillariophyceae
FamilyPoaceae
Hystrix est un genre de plantes monocotylédones de la famille des Poaceae, sous-famille des Pooideae, originaire d'Asie et d'Amérique du Nord, qui comprend une dizaine d'espèces acceptées.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 222
- With media
- 60
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- ANSP, NY, USNM, CM, HEND, BUF
- Recorded in
- United States, Japan, India, Mozambique, Israel, Malawi, Kenya, Canada
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Encyclopedic overview
Hystrix is a genus of porcupines containing most of the Old World porcupines. Fossils belonging to the genus date back to the late Miocene of Africa.
Hystrix (from Ancient Greek ὕστριξ (hústrix, “porcupine”) was given name by the 18th-century Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hystrix” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.