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Pyxidanthera

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Photo: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possession, Public domain
Family
Diapensiaceae (Diapensi family)

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Pyxidanthera is a genus of flowering plant in the family Diapensiaceae. Though often recognized as two species, Pyxidanthera barbulata and Pyxidanthera brevifolia, these designations are not genetically or morphologically distinct. Furthermore, these two designated species were found to not be reciprocally monophyletic.

Despite these findings, some flora still recognize these two species based on their range, habitat, and leaf morphology (size and

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

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