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Plagianthus
Sign in to savePlagianthus is a genus of flowering plants confined to New Zealand and the Chatham Islands. The familial placement of the genus was controversial for many years, but modern genetic studies show it definitely belongs in the Malvaceae subfamily Malvoideae. The name means "slanted flowers".
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalvales
- FamilyMalvaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 26
- With media
- 19
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Collections
- USF, RSA, MEL, BPBM, TAES, BRIT
- Recorded in
- Italy, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Suriname
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Plagianthus is a genus of flowering plants confined to New Zealand and the Chatham Islands. The familial placement of the genus was controversial for many years, but modern genetic studies show it definitely belongs in the Malvaceae subfamily Malvoideae. The name means "slanted flowers".
==Description==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Plagianthus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.