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Cressa (plant)

Cressa
Cressa truxillensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Tribe: Cresseae
Genus: Cressa
L.[1]
Type species
Cressa cretica[1]
Species

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Cressa is a genus of plants in the morning glory family known generally as alkaliweeds. These plants are native to the tropical and subtropical areas of the world. They are clumpy and low-growing but usually have erect stems covered white-haired, green leaves. They produce tiny white flowers about half a centimeter across.

There are four species recognised in the genus Cressa:[2]

Sources

  1. ^ a b In: Species Plantarum 1: 223. 1753. "Name - Cressa L." Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
  2. ^ Austin, D. F. (2000). A revision of Cressa L.(Convolvulaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 133(1), 27-39.


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