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Internal ID UUID643fdf438331c348918530
Scientific name Houstonia acerosa
Authority (A.Gray) Benth. & Hook.f.
First published in Gen. Pl. 2: 60 (1873)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Mallostoma acerosum (A.Gray) Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 31. 1881
Oldenlandia acerosa (A.Gray) A.Gray Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 67 (1853)
Ereicoctis acerosa Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 281 (1891)
Hedyotis acerosa A.Gray Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 81 (1852)

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English needleleaf bluet

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Houstonia acerosa var. acerosa Unknown
Houstonia acerosa var. polypremoides (A.Gray) Terrell Sida 19: 916 (2001 publ. 2002)
Houstonia acerosa var. tamaulipana (B.L.Turner) Terrell Sida 19: 916 (2002)

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000215139
USDA Plants HOAC
Tropicos 27902935
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:753313-1
The Plant List kew-100306
Open Tree Of Life 993640
NCBI Taxonomy 160992
Nature Serve 2.145753
IPNI 753313-1
iNaturalist 163835
GBIF 5338881
Freebase /m/010hm4kn
EOL 1095946
Wikipedia Houstonia_acerosa

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