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Genus of plants For the genus of bryozoans, see Margaretta (bryozoan). For other uses, see Margaretta (disambiguation).

Margaretta
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Margaretta
Oliv.
Species: M. rosea
Binomial name
Margaretta rosea
Oliv.

Margaretta is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1875. A dozen names have been proposed as species within Margaretta, but at present only one, Margaretta rosea, is categorized as "accepted" by The Plant List. Most of the rest are "unresolved," in other words, of uncertain affinity. Margaretta rosea is native to Uganda in eastern Africa.

References

  1. Oliver, Daniel. 1875. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 29: 111–112, t. 76
  2. The Plant List, Kew Gardens, genus Margaretta
  3. Tropicos, Margaretta rosea Oliv

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Margaretta
Margaretta rosea


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