Pedalium
Genus of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pedalium is a genus of plant in the Pedaliaceae family comprising one species, Pedalium murex. It is distributed in tropical Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.[1]
| Pedalium | |
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| Pedalium murex | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Pedaliaceae |
| Genus: | Pedalium D.Royen[1] |
| Species: | P. murex |
| Binomial name | |
| Pedalium murex | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Etymology
The genera name is derived from the Greek word pedalion meaning 'rudder of a ship'.[2]
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