Oxychloe

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Oxychloe
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Juncaceae
Genus: Oxychloe
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Synonyms [1]
  • AndesiaHauman
  • OxychloëPhil., alternative spelling

Oxychloe is a genus of flowering plants in the family Juncaceae. It was described as a genus in 1860. [2] [3]

The genus is native to the Andes of South America. [1] [4]

Species

The accepted species in this genus are: [1]

Formerly included: [1]

moved to Patosia

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Philippi, Rudolf Amandus. 1860. Florula Atacamensis seu Enumeriatio 52
  3. Tropicos, Oxychloe Phil.
  4. Kirschner, J. & al. (2002). Juncaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 6-8: 1-237, 1-336,1-192. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.