PLANTS Profile for Mucronea californica (California spineflower)

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PLANTS Profile

Mucronea californica Benth.
California spineflower

Symbol:

MUCA3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Annual

Forb/herb

L48

More Information:

Synonyms:
Mucronea californica Benth.

	CHCA22	Chorizanthe californica (Benth.) A. Gray
	CHCAS	Chorizanthe californica (Benth.) A. Gray var. suksdorfii J.F. Macbr.
	MUCAS	Mucronea californica Benth. var. suksdorfii (J.F. Macbr.) Goodman

Distribution:
Mucronea californica Benth.


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USA (CA)

Related Taxa:
Mucronea californica Benth.

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 2 species in Mucronea

Classification:
Mucronea californica Benth.

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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	Polygonales
Family	Polygonaceae – Buckwheat family
Genus	Mucronea Benth. – spineflower
Species	Mucronea californica Benth. – California spineflower

More Accounts and Images:
Mucronea californica Benth.

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 21293.

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

Time Generated: 05/20/2013 12:49 AM CDT