Thamnosma
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Thamnosma is a genus of flowering plant
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family, Rutaceae
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Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
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Rue
Rue is a genus of strongly scented evergreen subshrubs 20–60 cm tall, in the family Rutaceae, native to the Mediterranean region, Macaronesia and southwest Asia. There are perhaps 8 to 40 species in the genus...
family, Rutaceae
Rutaceae
Rutaceae, commonly known as the rue or citrus family, is a family of flowering plants, usually placed in the order Sapindales.Species of the family generally have flowers that divide into four or five parts, usually with strong scents...
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Selected species
- Thamnosma africana – Sandboegoe
- Thamnosma montanaThamnosma montanaThamnosma montana is a species of flowering plant in the citrus family known by the common names turpentine broom and Mojave desert-rue. It is native to the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in scrub, juniper woodland, and other desert habitat...
Torr. & Frém. – Turpentine Broom, Mohave Desert Rue - Thamnosma socotranaThamnosma socotranaThamnosma socotrana is a species of plant in the Rutaceae family. It is endemic to Yemen. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.-Source:* Miller, A. 2004. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....
Balf.f.Isaac Bayley BalfourSir Isaac Bayley Balfour FRS FRSE was a Scottish botanist. He was the son of John Hutton Balfour who was also a botanist.-Biography:... - Thamnosma texana (Gray) Torr. – Texas Desert Rue