Nemacladus | |
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Nemacladus orientalis | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Campanulaceae |
Subfamily: | Nemacladoideae |
Genus: |
Nemacladus Nutt. |
Synonyms [1] | |
Parishella A.Gray |
Nemacladus is a genus of flowering plants in the bellflower family known generally as threadplants. Species are native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. [1] [2] [3] These are annual herbs with very slender, sometimes threadlike, branching stems bearing small five-lobed flowers.
The genus was erected by Thomas Nuttall in 1842. [4] It is placed in the small subfamily Nemacladoideae of the family Campanulaceae. [5] [6]
As of April 2022 [update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: [7]
Nemacladus | |
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Nemacladus orientalis | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Campanulaceae |
Subfamily: | Nemacladoideae |
Genus: |
Nemacladus Nutt. |
Synonyms [1] | |
Parishella A.Gray |
Nemacladus is a genus of flowering plants in the bellflower family known generally as threadplants. Species are native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. [1] [2] [3] These are annual herbs with very slender, sometimes threadlike, branching stems bearing small five-lobed flowers.
The genus was erected by Thomas Nuttall in 1842. [4] It is placed in the small subfamily Nemacladoideae of the family Campanulaceae. [5] [6]
As of April 2022 [update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: [7]