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Cochliostema

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Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Commelinaceae (Spiderwort family)

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Cochliostema is a genus of plants with two species in the family Commelinaceae (the spiderwort and dayflower family). The genus occurs from southern Nicaragua to southern Ecuador.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cochliostema by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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