Loeselia
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| Loeselia | |
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| Loeselia mexicana | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Polemoniaceae |
| Subfamily: | Polemonioideae |
| Tribe: | Loeselieae |
| Genus: | Loeselia L.[1] |
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Loeselia is a genus of flowering plants in the phlox family Polemoniaceae, native to the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, Columbia and Venezuela. A number of species are found only in the Balsas Depression of southwestern Mexico.[3] It was named for German botanist Johannes Loesel by Linnaeus in 1753.[4]