Gomphrena agrestis

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Gomphrena agrestis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Gomphrena
Species:
G. agrestis
Binomial name
Gomphrena agrestis

Gomphrena agrestis is a plant native to Cerrado vegetation in Brazil. [1] This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis [2] by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

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References

  1. (in Portuguese) Tannus, João L.S.; Assis, Marco Antonio. Vascular species composition of dry and swamp grasslands in a savanna area, Itirapina - SP, Brazil. Rev. bras. Bot., July/Sept. 2004, vol.27, no.3, p.489-506. ISSN 0100-8404. (Abstract in English)
  2. Gomphrena agrestis at Flora Brasiliensis