Kallstroemia

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Kallstroemia
Kallstroemia grandiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Zygophyllales
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Genus: Kallstroemia
Scop.

Kallstoemia is a genus of plants in the Zygophyllaceae (Caltrop) family with about 40 species. The flower and fruit morphology is similar to Tribulus. The convex fruits separate into ca. 10 nutlets each with one seed. The genus is named after an obscure contemporary of Giovanni Antonio Scopoli.

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