Diclidanthera Wurdackiana
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''Diclidanthera'' is a genus of
flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s belonging to the family
Polygalaceae The Polygalaceae or the milkwort family are made up of flowering plants in the order Fabales. They have a near-cosmopolitan range, with about 27 genera and ''ca''. 900 known species of herbs, shrubs and trees. Over half of the species are in on ...
. Its native range is
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to
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, northern
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, and Bolivia.


Species

Six species are accepted. *'' Diclidanthera bolivarensis'' *'' Diclidanthera elliptica'' *'' Diclidanthera laurifolia'' *'' Diclidanthera octandra'' *'' Diclidanthera penduliflora'' *'' Diclidanthera wurdackiana''


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2887721 Polygalaceae Fabales genera Flora of Southern America Taxa named by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius