Pleiotaxis

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Pleiotaxis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Carduoideae
Tribe: Dicomeae
Genus: Pleiotaxis
Steetz
Type species
Pleiotaxis pulcherrima

Pleiotaxis is a genus of African plants in the family Asteraceae. [1] [2]

Species [3]

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References

  1. Steetz, Joachim. 1864. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique: auf Befehl Seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV, in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt von Wilhelm C.H. Peters 6(Bot.): 499
  2. Tropicos, Pleiotaxis Steetz
  3. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today