Biology:Viscaria

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Short description: Genus of Caryophyllaceae plants

Viscaria
Viscaria vulgaris Smółka pospolita 2017-05-21 01.jpg
Viscaria vulgaris
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Tribe: Sileneae
Genus: Viscaria
Bernh.[1]
Species

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Synonyms[2]

Viscaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Europe, Kazakhstan, and western Siberia.[2] Molecular studies attempting to resolve relationships in the tribe Sileneae have found that Viscaria is closely genetically related to the genus Atocion, but is quite distinct from it morphologically.[3]

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

References

  1. Syst. Verz. Erf.: 261 (1800)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Viscaria Bernh.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326385-2. 
  3. Kravtsova, Tatyana I.; Bolotova, Yana V. (2019). "Pericarp structure in some species in the tribe Sileneae DC. (Caryophyllaceae, Viscaria group)". Botanica Pacifica: 25–34. doi:10.17581/bp.2019.08211. 

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