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Cantua
Sign in to saveCantua is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polemoniaceae which is in the order Ericales. They are restricted to central South America where many species are endemics in the countries of occurrence.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Cantua is referenced by 10 other articles, and connects out to South America, Peru and Bolivia.
It sits within the topics Polemoniaceae and Polemoniaceae genera.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderEricales
- FamilyPolemoniaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 99
- With media
- 26
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Collections
- BRY, RSA, SBBG, NY, UCR, MEL
- Recorded in
- United States, Ecuador, Australia, Peru, Paraguay
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Polemoniaceae
- Image
- Cantua (Cantua buxifolia).JPG
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- taxon common name
- 魔力花属
- taxon name
- Cantua
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Cantua
- topic's main category
- Category:Cantua
- different from
- Cantois
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Encyclopedic overview
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Cantua is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polemoniaceae which is in the order Ericales. They are restricted to central South America where many species are endemics in the countries of occurrence.
There are currently about 12 recognised species including: Cantua bicolor Lem., native to Bolivia and Peru Cantua buxifolia Juss. ex Lam., native to Bolivia Cantua candelilla Brand Cantua cuzcoensis Infantes Cantua dendritica J.M.Porter & Prather Cantua flexuosa (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. Cantua mediamnis J.M.Porter & Prather Cantua pyrifolia Juss. ex Lam. Cantua quercifolia Juss. Cantua volcanica J.M.Porter & Prather
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cantua” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.