Stillingia texana

Stillingia texana, the Texas toothleaf,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae.[1] It is native to the South Central United States and Mexico. In central Texas it is widespread in upland, calcareous prairies, spreading north to scattered locations in Oklahoma and south to Coahuila.[1] Stillingia texana was described in 1923 by Ivan Murray Johnston.[3]

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Stillingia texana
Texas toothleaf in Williamson County, Texas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Stillingia
Species:
S. texana
Binomial name
Stillingia texana

References
  1. "Stillingia texana I.M.Johnst". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
  2. Levin, G. A.; Gillespie, L. J. (2016). "Stillingia texana". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 12. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2018-11-22 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  3. "Stillingia texana I.M.Johnst". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2018-11-22.


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