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Mayaca
Sign in to saveMayaca is a genus of flowering plants, often placed in its own family, the Mayacaceae (or Mayaceae in earlier systems). In the APG II system of 2003, it is assigned to the order Poales in the clade commelinids. The Cronquist system, of 1981, also recognised such a family and placed it in the order Commelinales in the subclass Commelinidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyMayacaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 339
- With media
- 89
- Family
- Mayacaceae
- Collections
- US, NY, F, MO, CAS, ANSP
- Recorded in
- Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Guyana, Peru, Argentina, Panama
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Mayacaceae
- Image
- Mayaca fluviatilis clean.jpg
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- genus
- taxon name
- Mayaca
- Commons category
- Mayaca
- topic's main category
- Category:Mayaca
- taxon common name
- 三蕊细叶草属
- has fruit type
- capsule
- taxonomic type
- Mayaca fluviatilis
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Mayaca is a genus of flowering plants, often placed in its own family, the Mayacaceae (or Mayaceae in earlier systems). In the APG II system of 2003, it is assigned to the order Poales in the clade commelinids. The Cronquist system, of 1981, also recognised such a family and placed it in the order Commelinales in the subclass Commelinidae.
The group is widely distributed in Latin America from Mexico to Argentina, as well as in the West Indies, the southeastern United States, and central Africa.
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