PLANTS Profile for Cistanthe monandra (common pussypaws)

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PLANTS Profile

Cistanthe monandra (Nutt.) Hershkovitz
common pussypaws

Symbol:

CIMO4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Portulacaceae

Duration:

Annual

Forb/herb

L48

More Information:

Images:
Cistanthe monandra (Nutt.) Hershkovitz

Synonyms:
Cistanthe monandra (Nutt.) Hershkovitz

CAMO5

Calyptridium monandrum Nutt.

Distribution:
Cistanthe monandra (Nutt.) Hershkovitz


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USA (AZ, CA, NM, NV, UT)

Related Taxa:
Cistanthe monandra (Nutt.) Hershkovitz

View 10 genera in Portulacaceae, 11 species in Cistanthe

Classification:
Cistanthe monandra (Nutt.) Hershkovitz

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Portulacaceae – Purslane family
Genus	Cistanthe Spach – pussypaws
Species	Cistanthe monandra (Nutt.) Hershkovitz – common pussypaws

More Accounts and Images:
Cistanthe monandra (Nutt.) Hershkovitz

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501560.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 05/26/2013 03:02 AM CDT