| Ceodes gracilescens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nyctaginaceae |
| Genus: | Ceodes |
| Species: | C. gracilescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Ceodes gracilescens (Heimerl) E.F.S.Rossetto & Caraballo (2020) | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Ceodes gracilescens is a species of plant in the Nyctaginaceae family. It is a tree endemic to the island of Tahiti in the Society Islands of French Polynesia. [2]
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