Pedalium
| Pedalium | |
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| Pedalium murex | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Pedaliaceae |
| Genus: | Pedalium L. |
| Species: | P. murex
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| Binomial name | |
| Pedalium murex L.
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pedalium is a genus of plant in the Pedaliaceae family comprising one species, Pedalium murex. It is distributed in India, Sri Lanka and Tropical Africa.[2]
Etymology
The genera name is derived from the Greek word pedalion meaning 'rudder of a ship'.[3]
References
- ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Pedalium murex L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ Ib Friis and Olof Ryding (Editors) Biodiversity Research in the Horn of Africa Region: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on the Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea at the Carlsberg Academy, Copenhagen, August 25-27, 1999 (2001), p. 65, at Google Books
External links
Data related to Pedalium at Wikispecies
Media related to Pedalium at Wikimedia Commons
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