Euploca

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Euploca
Euploca salicoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Heliotropiaceae
Genus: Euploca
Nutt.[1]
Type species
E. convolvulacea Nutt.
Species[2]

168; see text

Synonyms[2][3][4]
List
    • Hilgeria Förther
    • Heliotropium L. sect. Euploca Nutt. (A.Gray)
    • Heliotropium L. sect. Orthostachys R.Br.
    • Orthostachys (R.Br.) Spach
    • Pentacarya DC. ex Meisn.
    • Pioctonon Raf.
    • Preslaea Mart.
    • Schleidenia Endl.

Euploca is an almost cosmopolitan genus of plants with 168 species.

While many species use the C4 photosynthetic pathway,[5] there are also C3C4 intermediate species.[6][7] Some species have leaves with a C4-typical Kranz anatomy.[3]

Taxonomy

Distribution and habitat

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