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Schlegelia

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Schlegelia
Schlegelia parasitica flowers
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Schlegeliaceae
Genus: Schlegelia
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Schlegelia is a group of plants described as a genus in 1844.[1][2] The genus is named after the German anatomist and physician Paul Marquard Schlegel.

Schlegelia is native to tropical parts of the Western Hemisphere from southern Mexico and the West Indies to southern Brazil.[3]

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