Biology:Pleea

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Pleea
Pleea tenuifolia CBM.png
1818 illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Tofieldiaceae
Genus: Pleea
Michx.
Species:
P. tenuifolia
Binomial name
Pleea tenuifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Ennearina Raf.
  • Tofieldia tenuifolia (Michx.) Utech
  • Ennearina pleiana Raf.

Pleea is a small genus of flowering plants described as a genus in 1803.[2][3][4] There is only one known species, Pleea tenuifolia, the rush featherling,[5] native to the southeastern United States (Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, and South Carolina).[1][6][7]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q594901 entry