Basellaceae
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| Family: | Basellaceae Raf. (1837)
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Basellaceae is a family of flowering plants, in the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots, according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. The family comprises some two dozen species of herbaceous plants, some with climbing habits, in four genera:
Members of economic importance include the ulluco and the Malabar spinach.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Basellaceae.
- Basellaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 30 May 2006. http://delta-intkey.com
- photographs
- Basellaceae in the Flora of North America
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
- links at CSDL
- "Basellaceae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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