Colobanthus
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| Colobanthus | |
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| Colobanthus quitensis | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Colobanthus Bartl. |
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Colobanthus is a large genus of small, cushion-like herbaceous plants, sometimes known as "pearlworts", a name they share with plants of the related genus Sagina.
[edit] Selected species
- Colobanthus affinis
- Colobanthus apetalus
- Colobanthus kerguelensis
- Colobanthus muscoides
- Colobanthus pulvinatus
- Colobanthus quitensis, the world's southernmost dicot, and one of only two flowering plants of Antarctica
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