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Vauquelinia
Genus of shrubs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vauquelinia, commonly known as the rosewoods, is a genus of the rose family, Rosaceae. It consists of two species of shrubs found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. The genus was named for French chemist Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763-1829). The nectar provided by these plants is commonly fed on by wasps such as Polistes instabilis.
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Vauquelinia | |
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Vauquelinia californica | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Tribe: | Maleae |
Genus: | Vauquelinia Corrêa ex Humb. Bonpl.[1] |
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V. californica is of some interest as an ornamental.