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Fagonia laevis Standl.

California fagonbush

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Fagonia californica Benth. ssp. laevis (Standl.) Wiggins
Fagonia californica Benth. var. laevis (Standl.) L.D. Benson
Fagonia californica Benth. var. longipes (Standl.) L.D. Benson
Fagonia longipes Standl.

 

Fagonia laevis (California fagonbush)

2/28/2010 · Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Cali­fornia · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 14 cm)

Fagonia laevis (California fagonbush)

2/28/2010 · Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Cali­fornia · ≈ 11 × 7″ (27 × 18 cm)

Fagonia laevis (California fagonbush)

2/28/2010 · Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Cali­fornia · ≈ 17 × 12″ (44 × 29 cm)

KingdomPlantaePlants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
SubkingdomTracheobiontaVascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
DivisionMagnoliophytaFlowering plants, also known as angiosperms
ClassMagnoliopsidaDicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
SubclassRosidaeRoses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more
OrderSapindalesIncludes citrus; maples, horse-chestnuts, lychees and rambutans; mangos and cashews; frankincense and myrrh; mahogany and neem
FamilyZygophyllaceaeThe caltrop family, with about 250 species
GenusFagoniaAfter Guy-Crescent Fagon (1638-1718), a French chemist, botanist and chief physician to Louis XIV from 1693 until the King’s death in 1715. From 1671 to 1708 he was Professor of Botany at the Paris Jardin du Roi and from 1699 to 1718 its Director
SpecieslaevisSmooth, free from hairs or roughness

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Fagonia laevis description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.

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