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Internal ID UUID644027e6dd489759373975
Scientific name Nemastylis tenuis
Authority Benth. & Hook.f.
First published in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 18: 160 (1883)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Chlamydostylus tenuis Baker J. Bot. 14: 185 (1876)
Nemastylis caelestina var. tenuis Herb. in Hook. & Curtis Bot. Mag. 66: t. 3779 (1840)

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English southwestern pleatleaf

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Nemastylis tenuis subsp. pringlei (S.Watson) Goldblatt Brittonia 27: 379 (1975 publ. 1976)
Nemastylis tenuis subsp. tenuis Unknown

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Nemastylis tenuis var. caerulescens (Greenm.) R.C.Foster Contr. Gray Herb. 155: 41 (1945)
Nemastylis tenuis var. nana (S.Watson) R.C.Foster Contr. Gray Herb. 155: 40 (1945)
Nemastylis tenuis var. purpusii R.C.Foster Contr. Gray Herb. 155: 42 (1945)

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World Flora Online wfo-0000785335
USDA Plants NETE
Tropicos 50003217
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:440391-1
The Plant List kew-323844
Open Tree Of Life 137059
NCBI Taxonomy 501378
Nature Serve 2.136695
IPNI 168177-2
iNaturalist 143321
GBIF 2749618
EOL 486741
Wikipedia Nemastylis_tenuis

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_051253715.1 ASM5125371v1 Scaffold Iridian Genomes 2025-07-08 60 943.59 Mb

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Oil-producing flowers within the Iridoideae (Iridaceae): evolutionary trends in the flowers of the New World genera Chauveau O, Eggers L, Souza-Chies TT, Nadot S Ann Bot 10-Jul-2012
PMCID:PMC3400458
doi:10.1093/aob/mcs134
PMID:22782239

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