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Martyniaceae

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Martyniaceae is a family of flowering plants in the Lamiales order that are restricted to the Americas. The family was included in Pedaliaceae in the Cronquist system (under order Scrophulariales) but is recognized as a separate family by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group on the basis of phylogenetic studies that show that the two families are not closely related. Both families are characterized by having mucilaginous hairs — which give the stems and leaves a slimy or clammy feel — and fruits with hooks or horns. Some members of the genus Proboscidea are known as "unicorn plant" or "devil's claw"

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Martyniaceae is a family of plants within the kingdom Plantae. It is classified under the phylum Tracheophyta, class Magnoliopsida, and order Lamiales. The family is recognized in botanical databases such as Plants of the World and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Records for this family have been documented in the United States, Mexico, Brasil, Argentina, and Paraguay. Institutions holding these records include IRVC, MARY, UESC, UCONN, and ESALQ. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists 18,539 occurrences, while iDigBio holds 29 records accompanied by 17 media files.

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Vinony's link graph records 448 inbound references to Martyniaceae, and connects out to Asterids, Vitaceae and Rosids.

It is catalogued under topics including Lamiales families, Martyniaceae and Taxonbars with 25–29 taxon IDs.

Vinony links it to 36 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderLamiales
  5. FamilyMartyniaceae
Observations recorded18,539

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
29
With media
17
Family
Martyniaceae
Collections
IRVC, MARY, UESC, UCONN, ESALQ, MO
Recorded in
United States, Mexico, Brasil, Argentina, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Ecuador

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Image
Proboscidea parviflora flower1.jpg
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Commons category
Martyniaceae
taxon rank
family
taxon name
Martyniaceae
topic's main category
Category:Martyniaceae
has fruit type
capsule
taxonomic type
Martynia
taxon common name
角胡麻科
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Encyclopedic overview

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Martyniaceae is a family of flowering plants in the Lamiales order that are restricted to the Americas. The family was included in Pedaliaceae in the Cronquist system (under order Scrophulariales) but is recognized as a separate family by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group on the basis of phylogenetic studies that show that the two families are not closely related. Both families are characterized by having mucilaginous hairs — which give the stems and leaves a slimy or clammy feel — and fruits with hooks or horns. Some members of the genus Proboscidea are known as "unicorn plant" or "devil's claw" because of their horned seed capsules.

==General== Craniolaria Holoregmia Ibicella Martynia Proboscidea

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