Biology:Porlieria

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Porlieria
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Porlieria chilensis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Zygophyllales
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Subfamily: Larreoideae
Genus: Porlieria
Ruiz & Pav.[1]

Porlieria is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae.[1] Species within this genus are shrubs or small trees of dry subtropical regions.[2] The generic name honours Spanish ambassador Don Antonio Porlier de Baxamar.[3]

Species

Formerly placed here

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Genus: Porlieria Ruiz & Pav.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-06-18. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?9766. Retrieved 2010-09-19. 
  2. Record, Samuel James; Clayton Dissinger Mell (1924). Timbers of Tropical America. Yale University Press. 
  3. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. 3: M-Q. p. 2151. ISBN 978-0-8493-2673-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=kaN-hLL-3qEC. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "GRIN Species Records of Porlieria". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?9766. Retrieved 2010-09-19. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3609485 entry