Pedalium

<i>Pedalium</i>

Pedalium

Genus of flowering plants

This article is about the genus of flowering plants. For the anatomical feature, see Jellyfish.

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Pedalium is a genus of plant in the Pedaliaceae family comprising one species, Pedalium murex. It is distributed in tropical Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.[1]

Etymology

The genera name is derived from the Greek word pedalion meaning 'rudder of a ship'.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Pedalium". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  2. [2]
    Ib Friis and Olof Ryding (Editors) Biodiversity Research in the Horn of Africa Region: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on the Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea at the Carlsberg Academy, Copenhagen, August 25-27, 1999 (2001), p. 65, at Google Books

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