Callisia navicularis | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Commelinales |
Family: | Commelinaceae |
Genus: | Callisia |
Species: | C. navicularis |
Binomial name | |
Callisia navicularis | |
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Callisia navicularis is a species of flowering plant in the family Commelinaceae. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as a warm temperate greenhouse ornamental. [2]
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