Taraxia
| Taraxia | |
|---|---|
| Taraxia tanacetifolia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Onagraceae |
| Subfamily: | Onagroideae |
| Tribe: | Onagreae |
| Genus: | Taraxia (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Raim. |
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Taraxia is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Onagraceae, native to western Canada and the western and west-central United States. Nuclear DNA evidence shows that it is sister to a clade containing all genera in the tribe Onagreae except for Oenothera, Eulobus, and Chylismia.