Tricomaria

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Tricomaria
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Tricomaria usillo in Parque Nacional Talampaya, Argentina
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Tricomaria
Hook. & Arn.
Species:
T. usillo
Binomial name
Tricomaria usillo
Hook. & Arn.

Tricomaria is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Tricomaria includes one species, Tricomaria usillo, which occurs in dry vegetation in western Argentina on the eastern side of the Andes.

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