Pleea

Pleea
1818 illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Tofieldiaceae
Genus: Pleea
Michx.
Species:
P. tenuifolia
Binomial name
Pleea tenuifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Ennearina Raf.
  • Tofieldia tenuifolia (Michx.) Utech
  • Ennearina pleiana Raf.

Pleea is a small genus of flowering plants described as a genus in 1803.[2][3][4] There is only one known species, Pleea tenuifolia, the rush featherling,[5] native to the southeastern United States (Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, and South Carolina).[1][6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  2. ^ Michaux, André. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana 1: 247–248 in Latin
  3. ^ Michaux, André. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana 1: plate 25 line drawing as illustration
  4. ^ "Tropicos | Name - Pleea Michx". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  5. ^ "Plants Profile for Pleea tenuifolia (rush featherling)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  6. ^ "Pleea tenuifolia in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  7. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map Image


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