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Tweedia
Sign in to saveTweedia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1835. The genus is native to South America. An ornamental plant, Oxypetalum coeruleum, formerly included in this genus is commonly referred to as "tweedia".
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Vinony's link graph records 5 inbound references to Tweedia, and connects out to Asclepiadoideae, South America and plant.
It sits within the topics Apocynaceae genera, Asclepiadoideae and Flora of Southern America.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyApocynaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 34
- With media
- 34
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Collections
- MO, MNHN, UPS, COLO, RSA, NY
- Recorded in
- Chile, Argentina, Chili
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- 藍星花 Tweedia caerulea (Oxypetalum caeruleum) -香港花展 Hong Kong Flower Show- (9198169265).jpg
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Tweedia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1835. The genus is native to South America. An ornamental plant, Oxypetalum coeruleum, formerly included in this genus is commonly referred to as "tweedia".
== Species == Current species include: Tweedia andina (Phil.) G.H.Rua – Chile Tweedia aucaensis G.H. Rua – Argentina Tweedia australis (Malme) C. Ezcurra – Argentina Tweedia birostrata (Hook. & Arn.) Hook. & Arn. – Chile Tweedia brunonis Hook. & Arn. – Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay Tweedia echegarayi (Hieron.) Malme – Argentina Tweedia solanoides (Hook. & Arn.) Chittenden – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
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