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Martyniaceae
Sign in to saveMartyniaceae is a family of flowering plants in the Lamiales order that are restricted to the Americas. The family was included in Pedaliaceae in the Cronquist system (under order Scrophulariales) but is recognized as a separate family by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group on the basis of phylogenetic studies that show that the two families are not closely related. Both families are characterized by having mucilaginous hairs — which give the stems and leaves a slimy or clammy feel — and fruits with hooks or horns. Some members of the genus Proboscidea are known as "unicorn plant" or "devil's claw"
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Martyniaceae is a family of plants within the kingdom Plantae. It is classified under the phylum Tracheophyta, class Magnoliopsida, and order Lamiales. The family is recognized in botanical databases such as Plants of the World and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Records for this family have been documented in the United States, Mexico, Brasil, Argentina, and Paraguay. Institutions holding these records include IRVC, MARY, UESC, UCONN, and ESALQ. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists 18,539 occurrences, while iDigBio holds 29 records accompanied by 17 media files.
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Species
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyMartyniaceae
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 29
- With media
- 17
- Family
- Martyniaceae
- Collections
- IRVC, MARY, UESC, UCONN, ESALQ, MO
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Brasil, Argentina, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Ecuador
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Encyclopedic overview
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Martyniaceae is a family of flowering plants in the Lamiales order that are restricted to the Americas. The family was included in Pedaliaceae in the Cronquist system (under order Scrophulariales) but is recognized as a separate family by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group on the basis of phylogenetic studies that show that the two families are not closely related. Both families are characterized by having mucilaginous hairs — which give the stems and leaves a slimy or clammy feel — and fruits with hooks or horns. Some members of the genus Proboscidea are known as "unicorn plant" or "devil's claw" because of their horned seed capsules.
==General== Craniolaria Holoregmia Ibicella Martynia Proboscidea
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