Polyctenium
Genus of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Genus of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Polyctenium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to the Great Basin region of the Western United States.[1]
Polyctenium | |
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Polyctenium fremontii flower | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: | Polyctenium Greene |
Species | |
Polyctenium fremontii |
The plants are known by the common name combleaf,[2] owing to the resemblance of their deeply lobed leaves to a comb.
There are two species within the genus:
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