PLANTS Profile for Homalocladium platycladum (ribbonbush)

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PLANTS Profile

Homalocladium platycladum (F. Muell.) L.H. Bailey
ribbonbush

Symbol:

HOPL5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub
Vine

Native Status:

More Information:

Synonyms:
Homalocladium platycladum (F. Muell.) L.H. Bailey

MUPL

Muehlenbeckia platyclada (F. Muell.) Lindau

Distribution:
Homalocladium platycladum (F. Muell.) L.H. Bailey


View Native Status

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USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Homalocladium platycladum (F. Muell.) L.H. Bailey

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 1 species in Homalocladium

Classification:
Homalocladium platycladum (F. Muell.) L.H. Bailey

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Polygonales
Family	Polygonaceae – Buckwheat family
Genus	Homalocladium (F. Muell.) L.H. Bailey – homalocladium
Species	Homalocladium platycladum (F. Muell.) L.H. Bailey – ribbonbush

Introduced Information:
Homalocladium platycladum (F. Muell.) L.H. Bailey

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Homalocladium platycladum (F. Muell.) L.H. Bailey

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503059.

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 10:52 PM CDT