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Picria

Picria fel-terrae is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Linderniaceae. It is the sole species in genus Picria..

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Picria
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Linderniaceae
Genus: Picria
Lour. (1790)
Species:
P. fel-terrae
Binomial name
Picria fel-terrae
Lour. (1790)
Synonyms12
  • Curanga Juss. (1804)
  • Synphyllium Griff. (1836)
  • Treisteria Griff. (1854)
  • Curanga amara Juss. (1804)
  • Curanga fel-terrae (Lour.) Merr. (1917)
  • Curanga melissifolia A.Juss. (1807)
  • Curanga torenioides Steud. (1840)
  • Gratiola amara (Juss.) Roxb. (1814)
  • Herpestis amara Benth. (1835)
  • Synphyllium torenioides Griff. (1836)
  • Treisteria assamica Griff. (1854)

Picria fel-terrae is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Linderniaceae. It is the sole species in genus Picria..1

It is an annual native to the eastern Himalaya, Indochina, southern China, Peninsular Malaysia, the Philippines, and Kosrae in the Caroline Islands.2

References

References

  1. "Picria Lour. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. "Picria fel-terrae Lour. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2024.