Iteaceae
Sweetspire family, of shrubs and small trees, in the order Saxifragales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Iteaceae is a flowering plant family of trees and shrubs native to the eastern USA, southeastern Africa, and south and Southeastern Asia. Some older taxonomic systems place the genus Itea in the family Grossulariaceae. The APG III system of 2009 includes the former Pterostemonaceae in Iteaceae.[1] Consequently, it now has two genera with a total of 18 known species.[2]
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Iteaceae | |
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Itea virginica flowers | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Saxifragales |
Family: | Iteaceae J.Agardh[1] |
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