Francoa

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Francoa
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Francoa sonchifolia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Geraniales
Family: Francoaceae
Genus: Francoa
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Francoa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Francoaceae, which consists of herbaceous perennials endemic to Chile. Plants may grow up to one metre high and produce basal clumps of round, deeply lobed, dark green, fuzzy leaves with winged leafstalks. Compact racemes of small, cup-shaped flowers, which are pink with red markings, appear in summer and early fall.

Plants of the world online recognise this genus as monotypic, with Francoa appendiculata as the only species. [1] The Catalogue of the vascular plants of Chile recognise the varieties Francoa appendiculata Cav. var. appendiculata, Francoa appendiculata Cav. var. ramosa (D. Don) Rolfe and Francoa appendiculata Cav. var. sonchifolia (Cav.) Rolfe. [2]

Species

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References

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  1. "Francoa Cav. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  2. Rodriguez, Roberto; Marticorena, Clodomiro; Alarcón, Diego; Baeza, Carlos; Cavieres, Lohengrin; Finot, Víctor L.; Fuentes, Nicol; Kiessling, Andrea; Mihoc, Maritza; Pauchard, Aníbal; Ruiz, Eduardo; Sanchez, Paulina; Marticorena, Alicia; Rodriguez, Roberto; Marticorena, Clodomiro (June 2018). "Catalogue of the vascular plants of Chile". Gayana Botánica. 75 (1): 1–430. doi: 10.4067/S0717-66432018000100001 . ISSN   0717-6643. S2CID   92042478.