Picria

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Picria
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Linderniaceae
Genus: Picria
Lour. (1790)
Species:
P. fel-terrae
Binomial name
Picria fel-terrae
Lour. (1790)
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • CurangaJuss. (1804)
  • SynphylliumGriff. (1836)
  • TreisteriaGriff. (1854)
  • Curanga amaraJuss. (1804)
  • Curanga fel-terrae(Lour.) Merr. (1917)
  • Curanga melissifoliaA.Juss. (1807)
  • Curanga torenioidesSteud. (1840)
  • Gratiola amara(Juss.) Roxb. (1814)
  • Herpestis amaraBenth. (1835)
  • Synphyllium torenioidesGriff. (1836)
  • Treisteria assamicaGriff. (1854)

Picria fel-terrae is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Linderniaceae. It is the sole species in genus Picria.. [1]

It is an annual native to the eastern Himalaya, Indochina, southern China, Peninsular Malaysia, the Philippines, and Kosrae in the Caroline Islands. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Picria Lour. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Picria fel-terrae Lour. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2024.