Biology:Cressa (plant)
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Cressa | |
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| Cressa truxillensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Convolvulaceae |
| Tribe: | Cresseae |
| Genus: | Cressa L.[1] |
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| Cressa cretica[1] | |
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Cressa is a genus of plants in the morning glory family known generally as alkaliweeds. These plants are native to the tropical and subtropical areas of the world. They are clumpy and low-growing but usually have erect stems covered white-haired, green leaves. They produce tiny white flowers about half a centimeter across.
There are four species recognised in the genus Cressa:[2]
- Cressa australis
- Cressa cretica
- Cressa nudicaulis
- Cressa truxillensis
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 In: Species Plantarum 1: 223. 1753. "Name - Cressa L.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40016484. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
- ↑ Austin, D. F. (2000). A revision of Cressa L.(Convolvulaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 133(1), 27-39.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q148938 entry
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