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Ehretia
Genus of flowering plants in the borage family Boraginaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ehretia is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains 66 species native to the tropics and subtropics of the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Papuasia, and Australia.[1] The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770).[2]
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Ehretia | |
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Ehretia acuminata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Boraginales |
Family: | Boraginaceae |
Subfamily: | Ehretioideae |
Genus: | Ehretia P.Browne (1756) |
Type species | |
Ehretia tinifolia | |
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