PLANTS Profile for Morella holdridgeana (Palo de cera)

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Morella holdridgeana (Lundell) Kartesz
Palo de cera

Symbol:

MOHO3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Myricaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

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Morella holdridgeana (Lundell) Kartesz

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Synonyms:
Morella holdridgeana (Lundell) Kartesz

MYHO

Myrica holdridgeana Lundell

Distribution:
Morella holdridgeana (Lundell) Kartesz


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Related Taxa:
Morella holdridgeana (Lundell) Kartesz

View 3 genera in Myricaceae, 10 species in Morella

Classification:
Morella holdridgeana (Lundell) Kartesz

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Hamamelididae
Order	Myricales
Family	Myricaceae – Bayberry family
Genus	Morella Lour. – bayberry
Species	Morella holdridgeana (Lundell) Kartesz – Palo de cera

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Morella holdridgeana (Lundell) Kartesz

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 507901.

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 11:26 PM CDT