Cantua pyrifolia

Cantua pyrifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Cantua
Species: C. pyrifolia
Binomial name
Cantua pyrifolia
J.Juss. ex Lam.

Cantua pyrifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae in the order Ericales and is an endemic to Peru.[1] It thrives in modestly arid conditions and can be found in Mediterranean climate plant collections.

References

  1. Infantes Vera, J. G. 1962. Revision del genero Cantua (Polemoniaceae). Lilloa 31: 75–107.


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