suksdorfia


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Noun1.suksdorfia - any of several American plants of the genus Suksdorfia having orbicular to kidney-shaped somewhat succulent leaves and white or rose or violet flowers in terminal panicles
herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
genus Suksdorfia - small genus of rhizomatous herbs of northwestern America and South America
Suksdorfia violaceae, violet suksdorfia - slender delicate plant with wide roundish deeply lobed leaves and deep pink to violet funnel-shaped flowers; British Columbia to northern Oregon and west to Idaho and Montana
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Peltoboykinia tellimoides, Bolandra oregana, Suksdorfia violacea, Darmera peltata, and Rodgersia pinnata, all of Saxifragaceae s.s.
In contrast, it was difficult to align some portions of the ITS-1 sequences of the remaining three potential outgroups, Peltoboykinia tellimoides, Suksdorfia violacea, and Bolandra oregana, with those obtained for members of Heuchera group.
Discordance between nuclear and chloroplast phylogenies in the Heuchera group (Saxifragaceae)

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