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Brazoria (plant)

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Brazoria
Brazoria truncata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Lamioideae
Genus: Brazoria
Engelm. & A.Gray

Brazorion is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1845. It contains three known species, all endemic to the US state of Texas.[1][2]

The name Brazoria refers to the Brazos River.[3]

Formerly included:

  • Brazoria scutellarioides Engelm. & A.Gray = Warnockia scutellarioides (Engelm. & A.Gray) M.W.Turner - Oklahoma, Texas, Coahuila

References

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  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps
  3. ^ Amanda Neill, ed. (2005). A Dictionary of Common Wildflowers of Texas & the Southern Great Plains. TCU Press. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-87565-309-9. OCLC 1162417755.