Pseudostellaria
| Pseudostellaria | |
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| Pseudostellaria jamesiana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Pseudostellaria Pax |
| Species | |
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16 to 20[1] | |
Pseudostellaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Most of the 20 species occur in Asia. They are similar to Stellaria, differing in the morphology of the roots, fruit capsules and shallower notches of the petals.[2]
Select species[edit]
- Pseudostellaria heterophylla - false starwort
- Pseudostellaria jamesiana - tuber starwort
- Pseudostellaria oxyphylla - robust or Robinson's starwort
- Pseudostellaria sierrae - Sierra starwort
References[edit]
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- ^ Rabeler, R. K. & R. L. Hartman. (2002). Pseudostellaria sierrae (Caryophyllaceae), a new species from California. Novon 12:1 82-6.
- ^ Flora of North America
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