Homalocladium
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| Centipede Plant | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Homalocladium (F. J. Muell.) L. H. Bailey |
| Species: | H. platycladum |
| Binomial name | |
| Homalocladium platycladum (F. J. Muell. ex Hook.) L. H. Bailey | |
| Synonyms | |
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Homalocladium platycladium | |
Centipede Plant or Tapeworm Plant (Homalocladium platycladum) is a plant in the knotweed family from New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. It is also known as Ribbon Bush.
This plant had been naturalized also in other tropical regions,[1] as Puerto Rico,[2] Bolivia, Madagascar, Nicaragua and Pakistan[3]
References
- ↑ (in French) plantes-botaniques.org
- ↑ plants.usda.gov
- ↑ tropicos.org
External links
- USDA PLANTS: Homalocladium platycladum
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