Schultesia (plant)
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| Schultesia | |
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| Schultesia crenuliflora | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Gentianaceae |
| Genus: | Schultesia Mart. (1827), nom. cons. |
| Species[1] | |
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16, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Reichertia H.Karst. (1848) | |
Schultesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gentianaceae. It includes 16 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Mexico and the Caribbean to northeastern Argentina, and to west tropical Africa from Senegal to Sierra Leone and Chad.[1]