Viscainoa | |
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Viscainoa geniculata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Zygophyllales |
Family: | Zygophyllaceae |
Genus: | Viscainoa Greene |
Viscainoa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Zygophyllaceae. [1] It is also in the subfamily of Morkillioideae.
It is native to north-western Mexico. [1]
Known species: [1]
The genus name of Viscainoa is in honour of Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548 – c. 1625), a Spanish soldier, entrepreneur, explorer, and diplomat. [2] It was first described and published in Pittonia Vol.1 on page 163 in 1888. [1]
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