Ditaxis

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Ditaxis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Chrozophoreae
Subtribe: Ditaxinae
Genus: Ditaxis
Vahl ex A.Juss.
Species

About 50; see text

Synonyms

Aphora Nutt.
Argythamnia P.Br.
Paxiuscula Herter
Stenonia Didr.

Ditaxis is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae. Its name comes from Greek dis ("two") and taxis ("rank"), referring to the stamens which are in two whorls.

Species include:

Ditaxis californica
Ditaxis clariana
Ditaxis desertorum
Ditaxis heterantha
Ditaxis lanceolata - narrowleaf ditaxis
Ditaxis meridiei
Ditaxis neomexicana

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