PLANTS Profile for Acleisanthes acutifolia (needletip trumpets)

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PLANTS Profile

Acleisanthes acutifolia Standl.
needletip trumpets

Symbol:

ACAC

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Nyctaginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Subshrub
Forb/herb

L48

More Information:

Distribution:
Acleisanthes acutifolia Standl.


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USA (TX)

Related Taxa:
Acleisanthes acutifolia Standl.

View 16 genera in Nyctaginaceae, 6 species in Acleisanthes

Classification:
Acleisanthes acutifolia Standl.

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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	Nyctaginaceae – Four o'clock family
Genus	Acleisanthes A. Gray – trumpets
Species	Acleisanthes acutifolia Standl. – needletip trumpets

More Accounts and Images:
Acleisanthes acutifolia Standl.

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 19544.

Time Generated: 05/20/2013 02:21 PM CDT