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Montiaceae
Sign in to saveMontiaceae are a family of flowering plants, with about 17 genera and about 230 known species, ranging from small herbaceous plants to shrubs. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyMontiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 101
- With media
- 24
- Family
- Montiaceae
- Collections
- OSU, MEL, WILLI, LOB, UF
- Recorded in
- United States, Chile, Germany, Argentina, United Kingdom, Australia, India
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Encyclopedic overview
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Montiaceae are a family of flowering plants, with about 17 genera and about 230 known species, ranging from small herbaceous plants to shrubs. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution.
The family Montiaceae was newly adopted in the APG III system and includes members of the Caryophyllales formerly listed in Portulacaceae. It is known by the common names of spring beauty family or the montia family.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Montiaceae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.