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Saracha
Sign in to saveSaracha is a genus of flowering plants belonging to tribe Physaleae of subfamily Solanoideae of the nightshade family Solanaceae. The genera most closely related to Saracha are Iochroma, Dunalia, and Vassobia.
Species
creeping false-holly
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSolanales
- FamilySolanaceae
Observations1,092
Observations recorded3,131
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 87
- With media
- 39
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Collections
- FC-UNAM, IBUNAM, NY, DES, MO, CM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador
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Saracha is a genus of flowering plants belonging to tribe Physaleae of subfamily Solanoideae of the nightshade family Solanaceae. The genera most closely related to Saracha are Iochroma, Dunalia, and Vassobia.
It is native to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saracha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.