PLANTS Profile for Tetrazygia crotonifolia (hillside clover ash)

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PLANTS Profile

Tetrazygia crotonifolia (Desr.) DC.
hillside clover ash

Symbol:

TECR

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Melastomataceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

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Photo of Tetrazygia crotonifolia (Desr.) DC.

©Pedro Acevedo-Rodriguez. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Plant Image Collection . Dominican Republic, La Vega. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Tetrazygia crotonifolia (Desr.) DC.

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Distribution:
Tetrazygia crotonifolia (Desr.) DC.


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Related Taxa:
Tetrazygia crotonifolia (Desr.) DC.

View 23 genera in Melastomataceae, 6 species in Tetrazygia

Classification:
Tetrazygia crotonifolia (Desr.) DC.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Myrtales
Family	Melastomataceae – Melastome family
Genus	Tetrazygia Rich. ex DC. – clover ash
Species	Tetrazygia crotonifolia (Desr.) DC. – hillside clover ash

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Tetrazygia crotonifolia (Desr.) DC.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 27750.

Time Generated: 06/20/2013 12:12 AM CDT