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Microsteris gracilis
Sign in to saveMicrosteris is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the phlox family containing the single species Microsteris gracilis, known by the common name slender phlox.
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderEricales
- FamilyPolemoniaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4,136
- With media
- 3,335
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Collections
- DCBS-DICTUS-USON, OSU, CHSC, DAV, OBI
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
Wikidata facts
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- Image
- Microsteris gracilis - Nicolás Villaseca Merino - 441460664.jpeg
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- Microsteris gracilis
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- Microsteris gracilis
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- Microsteris gracilis
- taxon common name
- slender phlox
- short name
- M. gracilis
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Microsteris is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the phlox family containing the single species Microsteris gracilis, known by the common name slender phlox.
The segregation of this species into a genus of its own is controversial, and many botanists continue to include the plant in genus Phlox. Genetic analysis is continuing.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Microsteris gracilis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.