Pfaffia

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Pfaffia
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Pfaffia townsendii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Gomphrenoideae
Genus: Pfaffia
Mart.
Species

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Synonyms [1]
  • Sertuernera Mart.

Pfaffia is a genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae. [1] [2] [3]

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Species

As of April 2022, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: [1]

Former species

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 "Pfaffia Mart". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  2. "Pfaffia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. Pfaffia at USDA PLANTS Database


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