Symmeria

Symmeria is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae with a single species, Symmeria paniculata, distributed in South America as well as western Africa.[1] It is morphologically variable and dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate individuals.[3]

Symmeria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Symmeria
Benth.[1]
Species:
S. paniculata
Binomial name
Symmeria paniculata
Benth.[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Amalobotrya latifolia Kunth ex Meisn.
  • Thurnheyssera tragopyrum Mart. ex Meisn.

References
  1. "Symmeria Benth." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
  2. "Symmeria paniculata Benth." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
  3. Burke, Janelle M.; Sanchez, Adriana; Kron, Kathleen; Luckow, Melissa (2010). "Placing the woody tropical genera of Polygonaceae: A hypothesis of character evolution and phylogeny". American Journal of Botany. 97 (8): 1377–1390. doi:10.3732/ajb.1000022. PMID 21616890.


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