Neomillspaughia

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Neomillspaughia
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Neomillspaughia emarginata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Subfamily: Eriogonoideae
Genus: Neomillspaughia
S.F.Blake
Species

Neomillspaughia is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae with three known species in Southeastern Mexico and Central America. [1] It was first described by Sidney Fay Blake in 1921. He named the reclassified genus after Charles Frederick Millspaugh in recognition of Millspaugh's extensive collecting in Southeastern Mexico and the West Indies. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Plants of the World Online. "Neomillspaughia". Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. ↑ JSTOR, Global Plants. "Millspaugh, Charles Frederick (1854-1923)". Ithaka. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
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