''Nowickea'' is a genus of

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s belonging to the family

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. It is native to Mexico. The genus name of ''Nowickea'' is in honour of Joan W. Nowicke (b. 1938), an American botanist who worked for the

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, between 1972 and 1999, in the Department of Botany, from the

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. It was first described and published in

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Vol.41 on page 399 in 1989.

Known species

According to Kew: *'' Nowickea glabra'' *'' Nowickea xolocotzii''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q310071 Phytolaccaceae Caryophyllales genera Plants described in 1989 Flora of Mexico