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Setchellanthus caeruleus

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Setchellanthus caeruleus

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Setchellanthus caeruleus is a species of pungent shrub with large blue flowers. It is placed alone in the genus Setchellanthus, which is in turn, is placed alone in the family Setchellanthaceae. It is endemic to Mexico.

Species

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderBrassicales
  5. FamilySetchellanthaceae
Native toMexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest
Observations recorded140

Setchellanthus caeruleus (лат.) — вид цветковых растений, единственный в роду Setchellanthus монотипного семейства Setchellanthaceae. Род назван в честь американского ботаника и географа Уильяма Сетчелла[es] (1864—1943).

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
68
With media
29
Family
Setchellanthaceae
Collections
FC-UNAM, INECOL, UTEP, FESI-UNAM, IBUNAM, UNM
Recorded in
Mexico, MéXico

Wikidata facts

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species
taxon name
Setchellanthus caeruleus
has fruit type
capsule
short name
S. caeruleus
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Setchellanthus caeruleus is a species of pungent shrub with large blue flowers. It is placed alone in the genus Setchellanthus, which is in turn, is placed alone in the family Setchellanthaceae. It is endemic to Mexico.

The genus and the species were circumscribed by Townshend Stith Brandegee in Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. vol.3 on page 378 in 1909.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Setchellanthus caeruleus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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