Capraria

Capraria
Capraria biflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Tribe: Gratioleae
Genus: Capraria
L.[1]
Species

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For the Italian island known in ancient times as Capraria, see Capraia.

Capraria is a genus of flowering plants in the plantain family, Plantaginaceae. It is sometimes placed in the families Gratiolaceae, Scrophulariaceae, or Veronicaceae.[1] The name is derived from the Latin word caprarius, meaning "pertaining to goats." This refers to goats being one of the few herbivores that will graze on the plants.[2]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Genus: Capraria L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-04-20. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?2053. Retrieved 2011-10-15. 
  2. ^ Austin, Daniel F. (2004). Florida Ethnobotany. CRC Press. pp. 261–262. ISBN 9780849323324. http://books.google.com/?id=eS7lX_rC3GEC. 
  3. ^ "Capraria". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=33508. Retrieved 2011-10-15. 
  4. ^ a b "GRIN Species Records of Capraria". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2053. Retrieved 2011-10-15. 

External links

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Data related to Capraria at Wikispecies