Theophrasta
Theophrasta is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae, native to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. Named in honor of the naturalist Theophrastus, they are occasionally kept as ornamentals in greenhouses.
| Theophrasta | |
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| Theophrasta jussieui at the Naples Botanical Garden | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Primulaceae |
| Subfamily: | Theophrastoideae |
| Genus: | Theophrasta L. |
| Type species | |
| Theophrasta americana L. | |
| Species | |
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