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''Puchiumazus lanceifolius'' is a species 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 ...
in family
Mazaceae Mazaceae is a family of plants in the order Lamiales. The family was described by James L. Reveal in 2011. Genera in this family were most recently previously included in Phrymaceae and in older classifications were placed in Scrophulariaceae. ...
. It is a perennial native to eastern
Sichuan Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Cheng ...
and western
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provinces of south-central
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. It is the sole species in
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
''Puchiumazus''. The species was first described as ''Mazus lanceifolius'' by William Hemsley in 1890. It was renamed ''Puchiumazus lanceifolius'' in 2021, and placed in its own genus.


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{{taxonbar, from1 =Q110105445, from2=Q115215952, from3=Q15251364 Mazaceae Monotypic Lamiales genera Flora of South-Central China Endemic flora of China Plants described in 1890 Taxa named by William Hemsley (botanist)