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Picria

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Picria
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Linderniaceae
Genus: Picria
Lour. (1790)
Species:
P. fel-terrae
Binomial name
Picria fel-terrae
Lour. (1790)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Curanga Juss. (1804)
  • Synphyllium Griff. (1836)
  • Treisteria Griff. (1854)
  • Curanga amara Juss. (1804)
  • Curanga fel-terrae (Lour.) Merr. (1917)
  • Curanga melissifolia A.Juss. (1807)
  • Curanga torenioides Steud. (1840)
  • Gratiola amara (Juss.) Roxb. (1814)
  • Herpestis amara Benth. (1835)
  • Synphyllium torenioides Griff. (1836)
  • Treisteria assamica Griff. (1854)

Picria fel-terrae is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Linderniaceae. It is the sole species in genus Picria..[1]

It is an annual native to the eastern Himalaya, Indochina, southern China, Peninsular Malaysia, the Philippines, and Kosrae in the Caroline Islands.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Picria Lour. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Picria fel-terrae Lour. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2024.