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Pedalium
Sign in to savePedalium is a genus of plant in the Pedaliaceae family comprising one species, Pedalium murex. It is distributed in tropical Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
Species
FamilyPedaliaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Pedaliaceae
- Collections
- TEX, RSA, UCONN, MNHN, NY
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Madagascar, South Korea
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pedaliaceae
- Image
- Pedalium murex MS6569.jpg
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- Pedalium
- taxon name
- Pedalium
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Pedalium
- taxonomic type
- Pedalium murex
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Pedalium is a genus of plant in the Pedaliaceae family comprising one species, Pedalium murex. It is distributed in tropical Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
==Etymology== The genera name is derived from the Greek word pedalion meaning 'rudder of a ship'.
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