Capraria

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Capraria
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Capraria biflora
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Tribe: Leucophylleae
Genus: Capraria
L. (1753) [1]
Species [2]

7; see text

Synonyms [2]
  • PogostomaSchrad. (1831)
  • XuareziaRuiz & Pav. (1794)

Capraria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Scrophulariaceae. [3] It includes seven species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Mexico through Central America, the Caribbean Islands, and northern South America to northern Argentina. [2] It is sometimes placed in the families Gratiolaceae, Plantaginaceae, or Veronicaceae. [1] The name is derived from the Latin word caprarius, meaning "pertaining to goats." This refers to goats being one of the few herbivores that will graze on the plants. [4]

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Species

Seven species are accepted. [2]

Formerly placed here

References

  1. 1 2 "Genus: Capraria L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-04-20. Archived from the original on 2012-12-11. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Capraria L. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  3. ↑ Gándara, Etelvina; Victoria Sosa (March 2013). "Testing the monophyly and position of the North American shrubby desert genus Leucophyllum (Scrophulariaceae: Leucophylleae)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 171 (3): 508–518. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01327.x .
  4. ↑ Austin, Daniel F. (2004). Florida Ethnobotany. CRC Press. pp. 261–262. ISBN   978-0-8493-2332-4.
  5. ↑ "Capraria". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2011-10-15.
  6. 1 2 "GRIN Species Records of Capraria". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
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