Biology:Symmeria

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Short description: Genus of plants

Symmeria
Symmeria paniculata (19282830230).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Symmeria
Benth.[2]
Species:
S. paniculata
Binomial name
Symmeria paniculata
Benth.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Amalobotrya latifolia Kunth ex Meisn.
  • Thurnheyssera tragopyrum Mart. ex Meisn.

Symmeria is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae with a single species, Symmeria paniculata, distributed in South America as well as western Africa.[2] It is morphologically variable and dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate individuals.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Symmeria paniculata Benth.." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/697710-1. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Symmeria Benth.." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/32595-1. 
  3. Burke, Janelle M.; Sanchez, Adriana; Kron, Kathleen; Luckow, Melissa (2010). "Placing the woody tropical genera of Polygonaceae: A hypothesis of character evolution and phylogeny". American Journal of Botany 97 (8): 1377–1390. doi:10.3732/ajb.1000022. PMID 21616890. 

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