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Pollichia campestris
Sign in to savePollichia campestris, commonly known as waxberry or barley sugar bush, is a herbaceous plant in the family Caryophyllaceae and the only species in the monotypic genus Pollichia. It is found in southern and eastern Africa and in the Arabian peninsula.
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyCaryophyllaceae
Common Name: Waxberry
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 250
- With media
- 232
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Collections
- RSA, NY, DAV, ANSP, US, CM
- Recorded in
- Kenya, Namibia, United States, South Africa, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Botswana
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- Description
- Distribution and habitat
- Ecology
- References
Pollichia campestris, commonly known as waxberry or barley sugar bush, is a herbaceous plant in the family Caryophyllaceae and the only species in the monotypic genus Pollichia. It is found in southern and eastern Africa and in the Arabian peninsula.
==Taxonomy== Pollichia campestris was first described in 1789 by the Scottish botanist William Aiton in the publication Hortus Kewensis, a catalogue of all the plants then being cultivated at Kew Gardens.
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