Biology:Clidemia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Clidemia
Starr 030729-0109 Clidemia hirta.jpg
Clidemia hirta
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Clidemia
D.Don
Type species
Clidemia neglecta
D.Don
Species

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Clidemia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. It contains about 450 species, the best known being C. hirta (soapbush, or Koster's curse). The generic name honours Ancient Greece author Cleidemus.[1]

Species

Clidemia rubra
Clidemia capitellata

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5132468 entry