Viscainoa

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Viscainoa
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Viscainoa geniculata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Zygophyllales
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Genus: Viscainoa
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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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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Viscainoa Greene | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.