''Appendicularia'' is a
genus
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of plants in the
family
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Melastomataceae
Melastomataceae () is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics (two-thirds of the genera are from the New World tropics) comprising c. 175 genera and c. 5115 known species. Melastomes are annual or perennial herbs ...
.
Species
The genus has two
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
:
* ''
Appendicularia entomophila''
* ''
Appendicularia thymifolia''
References
* Chen Cheih. 1984. Melastomataceae. In: Chen Cheih, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 53(1): 135–293.
* DC. Publication : Prodr. (DC.) 3: 114 1828
id Mar 1828* KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
External links
PPP-Index
Melastomataceae
Melastomataceae genera
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