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Nowickea

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Nowickea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Phytolaccaceae
Genus: Nowickea
J.Martínez & J.A.McDonald

Nowickea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Phytolaccaceae.[1]

It is native to Mexico.[1]

The genus name of Nowickea is in honour of Joan W. Nowicke (b. 1938), an American botanist who worked for the Smithsonian Institution, between 1972 and 1999, in the Department of Botany, from the National Museum of Natural History.[2] It was first described and published in Brittonia Vol.41 on page 399 in 1989.[1]

Known species

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According to Kew:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Nowickea J.Martínez & J.A.McDonald | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.