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Nyctaginaceae of Thailand.jpg

Nyctaginaceae Juss.

Four-o'clock Family

Plants > Angiosperms > Nyctaginaceae

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Class: Dicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nyctaginaceae


​Nyctaginaceae, the four o'clock family, is a family of around 33 genera and 290 species of flowering plants, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, with a few representatives in temperate regions. The family has a unique fruit type, called an "anthocarp", and many genera have extremely large pollen grains. Wikipedia

Genera: Boerhavia, ​Bougainvillea
Boerhavia diffusa.jpg
Boerhavia diffusa
Boerhavia erecta.jpg
Boerhavia erecta
Bougainvillea glabra.jpg
Bougainvillea glabra

References: 
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