Loeflingia is a genus of plant in the family
Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family (biology), family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon order Caryophyllales in the APG III system, alongside 33 other families, including Amaranth ...
occurring in North America, Europe, northern Africa, and southwestern Asia. Plants of the genus bear bristle-like stipules, as well as axillary, sessile flowers with awned sepals and no or vestigial petals. The fruit is a three-valved capsule.
Species
Species include the following:
* ''
Loeflingia baetica'' Lag.
* ''
Loeflingia hispanica'' L.
* ''
Loeflingia squarrosa'' Nutt.
* ''
Loeflingia tavaresiana'' Samp.
External links
Loeflingiaat
The Plant List
The Plant List was a list of botanical names of species of plants created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden and launched in 2010. It was intended to be a comprehensive record of all known names of plant specie ...
Loeflingiaat Calflora.org
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Caryophyllaceae genera
Caryophyllaceae