Facchinia

Facchinia
Facchinia lanceolata botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Tribe: Sagineae
Genus: Facchinia
Rchb. (1841)
Species

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Synonyms
  • Assoella J.M.Monts. (1986)
  • Dufourea Gren. (1837), nom. illeg.
  • Schmidtia Sieber (1813), nom. illeg.
  • Siebera Hoppe (1819), nom. rej.
  • Somerauera Hoppe (1819)

Facchinia is a genus of flowering plants in the pink and carnation family Caryophyllaceae, native to the Pyrenees and the Alps. Many species in this genus were previously placed in Minuartia.

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