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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Juncaceae |
| Genus: | Oxychloe Phil. |
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Oxychloe is a genus of flowering plants in the family Juncaceae. It was described as a genus in 1860.
The genus is native to the Andes of South America.
Species
The accepted species in this genus are:
- Oxychloe andina Phil. - Bolivia, Peru, NW Argentina, N Chile
- Oxychloe bisexualis Kuntze - W Argentina, N Chile
- Oxychloe castellanosii Barros - San Juan + La Rioja Provinces of Argentina
- Oxychloe haumaniana (Barros) Barros - San Juan Province of Argentina
- Oxychloe mendocina Barros - Mendoza Province of Argentina
- Formerly included:
moved to Patosia
- Oxychloe brevifolia (Phil.) Buchenau - Patosia clandestina (Phil.) Buchenau
- Oxychloe clandestina (Buchenau) Hauman - Patosia clandestina (Phil.) Buchenau
References
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Philippi, Rudolf Amandus. 1860. Florula Atacamensis seu Enumeriatio 52
- Tropicos, Oxychloe Phil.
- Kirschner, J. & al. (2002). Juncaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 6-8: 1-237, 1-336,1-192. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.
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