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Cordia
Genus of flowering plants in the borage family / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the automobile, see Mitsubishi Cordia. For the insect genus, see Cordia (insect).
Cordia is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains 228 species of shrubs and trees, that are found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.[2] Many of the species are commonly called manjack, while bocote may refer to several Central American species in Spanish.
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Cordia | |
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Cordia boissieri in bloom | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Boraginales |
Family: | Boraginaceae |
Subfamily: | Cordioideae |
Genus: | Cordia L. |
Type species | |
Cordia myxa L.[1] | |
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228; see text | |
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The generic name honours German botanist and pharmacist Valerius Cordus (1515–1544).[3] Like most other Boraginaceae, the majority have trichomes (hairs) on the leaves.