PLANTS Profile for Chamaesyce missurica (prairie sandmat)

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PLANTS Profile

Chamaesyce missurica (Raf.) Shinners
prairie sandmat

Symbol:

CHMI8

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Euphorbiaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Chamaesyce missurica (Raf.) Shinners

Chamaesyce petaloidea

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 464. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Chamaesyce missurica (Raf.) Shinners

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Synonyms:
Chamaesyce missurica (Raf.) Shinners

	CHMIC	Chamaesyce missurica (Raf.) Shinners var. calcicola Shinners
	CHMIP	Chamaesyce missurica (Raf.) Shinners var. petaloidea (Engelm.) Dorn
	CHNU3	Chamaesyce nuttallii (Engelm.) Small
	CHPE7	Chamaesyce petaloidea (Engelm.) Small
	CHZY	Chamaesyce zygophylloides (Boiss.) Small
	EUMI5	Euphorbia missurica Raf.
	EUMII	Euphorbia missurica Raf. var. intermedia (Engelm.) L.C. Wheeler
	EUMIP	Euphorbia missurica Raf. var. petaloidea (Engelm.) Dorn
	EUNU2	Euphorbia nuttallii (Engelm.) Small
	EUPE14	Euphorbia petaloidea Engelm.

Distribution:
Chamaesyce missurica (Raf.) Shinners


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Related Taxa:
Chamaesyce missurica (Raf.) Shinners

View 60 genera in Euphorbiaceae, 90 species in Chamaesyce

Classification:
Chamaesyce missurica (Raf.) Shinners

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Euphorbiales
Family	Euphorbiaceae – Spurge family
Genus	Chamaesyce Gray – sandmat
Species	Chamaesyce missurica (Raf.) Shinners – prairie sandmat

More Accounts and Images:
Chamaesyce missurica (Raf.) Shinners

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501440.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 02/10/2010 09:39 AM MST