Thalia (plant)
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Thalia is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of 7 (–11) species generally recognised in tropical America with one (T. geniculata) also found in tropical Africa all found in aquatic or marshy habitats. Named after Johannes Thal (1542–1583), a German doctor who wrote a flora of the Harz Mountains.

Cultivation

Semi-hardy in cultivation but needs protection against frosts. Can be propagated by seed or division of the root-stock in the Spring.

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