Biology:Nuxia
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Nuxia | |
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| Nuxia floribunda | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Stilbaceae |
| Genus: | Nuxia Comm. ex Lam. |
| Type species | |
| Nuxia verticillata Lam.
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Nuxia is a genus of plants in the family Stilbaceae described as a genus in 1791.[2][3][4] It was formerly placed in the Loganiaceae and Buddlejaceae families.[5]
Nuxia is native to Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and certain islands in the Indian Ocean.[1]
Species
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de. 1791. Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique Botanique 1:295-296. description in Latin
- ↑ Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de. 1791. Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique Botanique plate 71. line drawing as illustration (at lower left)
- ↑ Tropicos, Nuxia Comm. ex Lam.
- ↑ Burring, Jan-Hakon (August 2004). "Nuxia floribunda Benth.". Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, SANBI. http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantnop/nuxiaflor.htm. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q137278 entry
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