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Viscaria
Sign in to saveViscaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Europe, Kazakhstan, and western Siberia. Molecular studies attempting to resolve relationships in the tribe Sileneae have found that Viscaria is closely genetically related to the genus Atocion, but is quite distinct from it morphologically.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyCaryophyllaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 136
- With media
- 72
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Collections
- PUC-RS, UPS, ID, BRIT, LD
- Recorded in
- Norway, Brasil, Iceland, Sweden, United States
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- 蝇春罗属
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Viscaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Europe, Kazakhstan, and western Siberia. Molecular studies attempting to resolve relationships in the tribe Sileneae have found that Viscaria is closely genetically related to the genus Atocion, but is quite distinct from it morphologically.
==Species== Currently accepted species include: Viscaria alpina (L.) G.Don Viscaria asterias (Griseb.) Frajman Viscaria × media Fr. ex Svanlund Viscaria vulgaris Röhl.
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