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Margaretta is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1875. A dozen names have been proposed as species within Margaretta, but at present only one, Margaretta rosea, is categorized as "accepted" by The Plant List. Most of the rest are "unresolved," in other words, of uncertain affinity. Margaretta rosea is native to Uganda in eastern Africa.

Species

Genus

  1. PhylumBryozoa
  2. ClassGymnolaemata
  3. OrderCheilostomatida
  4. FamilyMargarettidae
Habitatmarine
Native toBurundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

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Specimen records
282
With media
22
Family
Margarettidae
Collections
UF, NHMUK, NMV, YPM, CAS, USNM
Recorded in
United States, Indonesia, Australia, Palau, Malaysia, French Polynesia

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Margaretta is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1875. A dozen names have been proposed as species within Margaretta, but at present only one, Margaretta rosea, is categorized as "accepted" by The Plant List. Most of the rest are "unresolved," in other words, of uncertain affinity. Margaretta rosea is native to Uganda in eastern Africa.

==References==

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