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Tapeinia
Sign in to saveTapeinia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. The genus name is derived from the Greek word tapeinos, meaning "low". The single species, Tapeinia pumila, is native to Southern Chile (from Araucanía to Magallanes regions) and Argentina.
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Vinony's link graph records 5 inbound references to Tapeinia, and connects out to Argentina, plant and Greek.
It is catalogued under topics including Flora of South Argentina, Flora of southern Chile and Monotypic Iridaceae genera.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyIridaceae
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- Sisyrinchieae
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- Flora Antarctica Plate CXXIX.jpg
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Tapeinia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. The genus name is derived from the Greek word tapeinos, meaning "low". The single species, Tapeinia pumila, is native to Southern Chile (from Araucanía to Magallanes regions) and Argentina.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tapeinia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.