| Oxytheca | |
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| Oxytheca perfoliata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Subfamily: | Eriogonoideae |
| Genus: | Oxytheca Nutt. |
| Species1 | |
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3; see text | |
| Synonyms1 | |
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Oxytheca is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae. It includes three species native to dry and temperate parts of the western United States and southern South America.1 The taxonomy of this genus is in flux, with some species listed under tentative new names.23
Species
Three species are accepted.1
- Oxytheca dendroidea Nutt.
- Oxytheca perfoliata Torr. & A.Gray
- Oxytheca watsonii Torr. & A.Gray ex S.Watson
Formerly placed here
- Acanthoscyphus parishii (Parry) Small (as Oxytheca parishii Parry)4
References
References
- "Oxytheca Nutt". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- Parry, C. C. (1883). "A New Species of Oxytheca". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 10 (2): 23–24. ISSN 0040-9618. JSTOR 2476948.
- Ertter, Barbara (1980). "A Revision of the Genus Oxytheca Nutt. (Polygonaceae)". Brittonia. 32 (1): 70–102. Bibcode:1980Britt..32...70E. doi:10.2307/2806224. ISSN 0007-196X. JSTOR 2806224. S2CID 85197917.
- "Acanthoscyphus parishii (Parry) Small". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 October 2025.