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Comptonia (plant)
Genus of flowering plants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Comptonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myricaceae, native to parts of eastern North America. It has one extant (living) species, sweet fern, Comptonia peregrina,[1] and a number of extinct species.[2]
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Comptonia peregrina leaves | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fagales |
Family: | Myricaceae |
Genus: | Comptonia L'Hér.[1] |
Species[1][2] | |
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