Rumicastrum
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Rumicastrum is a genus of plants in the family Montiaceae. It includes 66 species native to Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea.[2] These species were formerly classed in genus Calandrinia, which was discovered to be paraphyletic.[3]
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Rumicastrum | |
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Rumicastrum balonense | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Montiaceae |
Genus: | Rumicastrum Ulbr. (1934) |
Type species | |
Rumicastrum chamaecladum (Diels) Ulbr.[1] | |
Species[2] | |
66; see text | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Parakeelya Hershk. (1998 publ. 1999) |
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