Pleea
| Pleea | |
|---|---|
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| 1818 illustration | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Tofieldiaceae |
| Genus: | Pleea Michx. |
| Species: | P. tenuifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Pleea tenuifolia Michx. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleea is a small genus of flowering plants described as a genus in 1803.[2][3][4] There is only one known species, Pleea tenuifolia, the rush featherling,[5] native to the southeastern United States (Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, and South Carolina).[1][6][7]
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Michaux, André. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana 1: 247–248 in Latin
- ↑ Michaux, André. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana 1: plate 25 line drawing as illustration
- ↑ Tropicos, Pleea Michx.
- ↑ US Department of Agriculture plants profile, rush featherling
- ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 60 Pleea tenuifolia Michaux
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
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