Mucronea
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Subfamily: | Eriogonoideae |
| Genus: | Mucronea Benth. |
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Mucronea is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae with two species restricted to California . Known generally as spineflowers, they are closely related to genus Chorizanthe. They are annual herbs producing slender, erect, glandular stems from taproots. The leaves are located in a rosette around the base of the stem and wither quickly. The inflorescence is an open array of flowers, each blooming in an involucre of spiny bracts lined with awn-tipped teeth. The six-lobed flowers are white to pink.[1][2]
Species
- Mucronea californica Bentham – California spineflower
- Mucronea perfoliata (A. Gray) A. Heller – Perfoliate spineflower
References
- ↑ Reveal, James L.; Rosatti, Thomas J. (2012). "Mucronea". Jepson Flora Project. https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=11217.
- ↑ Reveal, James L., "Mucronea", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200007551, retrieved 12 March 2022
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q6931281 entry
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