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Orthrosanthus
Sign in to saveOrthrosanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae first described as a genus in 1827. It is native to western and southern Australia and the Americas from Mexico to northwestern Argentina.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyIridaceae
Orthosanthus chimboracensis Orthrosanthus – rodzaj roślin należący do rodziny kosaćcowatych (Iridaceae). Obejmuje 9 gatunków. Cztery z tych gatunków występują w Australii, a reszta w Ameryce Południowej i Środkowej, sięgając na północy do środkowego Meksyku.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 73
- With media
- 17
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, IBUNAM, US, MICH, CM, MEL
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Australia, Honduras
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- taxon name
- Orthrosanthus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Orthrosanthus
- Commons category
- Orthrosanthus
- taxon common name
- 离蕊菖蒲属
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Orthrosanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae first described as a genus in 1827. It is native to western and southern Australia and the Americas from Mexico to northwestern Argentina.
The genus name is derived from the Greek words orthros, meaning "morning", and anthos, meaning "flower". They are known commonly as morning irises.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orthrosanthus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.