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| Corispermum | |
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| Corispermum intermedium | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Chenopodiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chenopodioideae |
| Genus: | Corispermum L. |
| species | |
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Corispermum is a genus of plants in the goosefoot family. Members of the genus have common names including bugseed, tickseed, and tumbleweed. In general, these are erect annual plants with flat, thin leaves and topped with inflorescences of flowers with long bracts. Bugseeds are native to North America and Eurasia, but little is known about their taxonomy and distribution.
Species include:
- Corispermum americanum - American bugseed
- Corispermum hyssopifolium - tumbleweed
- Corispermum ochotense - Russian bugseed
- Corispermum pallasii - Siberian bugseed
External links
References
- Albert Brown Lyons (1900). Plant Names, Scientific and Popular: Including in the Case of Each Plant the Correct Botanical Name in Accordance with the Reformed Nomenclature, Together with Botanical and Popular Synonyms. Nelson, Baker & Co. p. 630.
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