Salta triflora

Salta triflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae. It is a shrub or tree native to northern Argentina, Bolivia, west-central Brazil, and Paraguay.^[1] It is the sole species in genus Salta.^[2]

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Order:Caryophyllales

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Salta triflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Polygonaceae
Subfamily:	Eriogonoideae
Tribe:	Triplarideae
Genus:	Salta Adr.Sanchez
Species:	S. triflora
Binomial name
Salta triflora (Griseb.) Adr.Sanchez
Synonyms[1]
Magonia triflora (Griseb.) Kuntze Ruprechtia triflora Griseb. (1879) (basionym) Ruprechtia triflora var. guaranitica Chodat & Hassl. Triplaris triflora (Griseb.) Kuntze

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The species was first described as Ruprechtia triflora by August Grisebach in 1879. In 2011 Adriana Sanchez placed it in the newly described monotypic genus Salta as Salta triflora.^[1][3]