Pleuropetalum
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Pleuropetalum is a genus of plant
in family Amaranthaceae
. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in family Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae
The flowering plant family Amaranthaceae, the Amaranth family, contains about 176 genera and 2,400 species.- Description :Most of these species are herbs or subshrubs; very few are trees or climbers. Some species are succulent....
. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):
- Pleuropetalum darwiniiPleuropetalum darwiniiPleuropetalum darwinii is a species of plant in the Amaranthaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador.-Source:* Tye, A. 2000. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....
, Hook.f.Joseph Dalton HookerSir Joseph Dalton Hooker OM, GCSI, CB, MD, FRS was one of the greatest British botanists and explorers of the 19th century. Hooker was a founder of geographical botany, and Charles Darwin's closest friend...