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Fuertesia

Fuertesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loasaceae. It has only one currently accepted species, Fuertesia domingensis, native to Hispaniola. It is a woody climbing liana.

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Fuertesia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Cornales
Family: Loasaceae
Genus: Fuertesia
Urb.2
Species:
F. domingensis
Binomial name
Fuertesia domingensis

Fuertesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loasaceae. It has only one currently accepted species, Fuertesia domingensis, native to Hispaniola.3 It is a woody climbing liana.4

References

References

  1. Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 28: 522 (1911)
  2. Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 28: 520 (1911)
  3. "Fuertesia Urb". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  4. Weigend, M. (2004). "Loasaceae". Flowering Plants · Dicotyledons. pp. 239–254. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-07257-8_27. ISBN 978-3-642-05714-4.