Biology:Emex australis

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Emex australis
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The seeds, most often almost black in colour
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Template:Taxonomy/EmexEmex australis
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Emex australis, commonly known in English as southern threecornerjack,[1] devil's thorn,[citation needed] or double gee[2] (also doublegee, from the old Afrikaner name dubbeltge-doorn - 'double thorned'), is a herbaceous plant of the Polygonaceae. It occurs indigenously in South Africa and is also an invasive species in Australia & Texas in the USA.

The current name for this species is Rumex hypogaeus T.M.Schust. & Reveal Taxon 64(6): 1203. (2015) .

References

  1. "Emex australis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=EMAU. Retrieved 18 January 2016. 
  2. "BSBI List 2007" (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. http://www.bsbi.org.uk/BSBIList2007.xls. Retrieved 2014-10-17. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q642344 entry