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Oxytheca
Sign in to saveOxytheca is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae. It includes three species native to dry and temperate parts of the western United States and southern South America. The taxonomy of this genus is in flux, with some species listed under tentative new names.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyPolygonaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 46
- With media
- 40
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Collections
- UCONN, CAS, RSA, USU, SBBG, ILLS
- Recorded in
- United States, Panama
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Eriogonoideae
- Image
- Oxytheca perfoliata 2.jpg
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- Oxytheca
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- taxon common name
- oxytheca
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- Category:Oxytheca
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- Oxytheca
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Oxytheca is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae. It includes three species native to dry and temperate parts of the western United States and southern South America. The taxonomy of this genus is in flux, with some species listed under tentative new names.
==Species== Three species are accepted. Oxytheca dendroidea Oxytheca perfoliata Oxytheca watsonii
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