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Dithyrea
Sign in to saveDithyrea (shieldpod) is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae containing only one or two species. The California shieldpod or spectacle-pod, Dithyrea californica, is an abundant and unique-looking herb native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The beach shieldpod, Dithyrea maritima, a rare plant found only on the coast of California and Baja California, is sometimes considered a subspecies of D. californica.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Dithyrea is referenced by 2 other articles, and connects out to plant, Wikidata and Angiosperms.
It sits within the topics Brassicaceae, Brassicaceae genera and Flora of California.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBrassicales
- FamilyBrassicaceae
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 329
- With media
- 269
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, IBUNAM, HPC, MO, LOB, CM
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Dithyrea californica 4.jpg
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- Commons category
- Dithyrea
- taxon name
- Dithyrea
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Dithyrea
- taxon common name
- shieldpod
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Encyclopedic overview
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Dithyrea (shieldpod) is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae containing only one or two species. The California shieldpod or spectacle-pod, Dithyrea californica, is an abundant and unique-looking herb native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The beach shieldpod, Dithyrea maritima, a rare plant found only on the coast of California and Baja California, is sometimes considered a subspecies of D. californica.
== References ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dithyrea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.