genus Cistus

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Noun1.genus Cistus - small to medium-sized evergreen shrubs of southern Europe and North Africagenus Cistus - small to medium-sized evergreen shrubs of southern Europe and North Africa
Cistus
dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
Cistaceae, family Cistaceae, rockrose family - shrubs or woody herbs of temperate regions especially Mediterranean
rock rose, rockrose - small shrubs of scrub and dry woodland regions of southern Europe and North Africa; grown for their showy flowers and soft often downy and aromatic evergreen foliage
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(2009) have documented that the evolution and diversification of the genus Cistus was mediated by processes of rapid adaptative radiation from the onset of the Mediterranean climate during the Pleistocene.
Una hipotesis filogenetica para el genero Helianthemum (Cistaceae) en la Peninsula Iberica
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