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Pyxidanthera
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Translingual
thumb|upright|Pyxidanthera brevifolia species Pyxidanthera brevifolia (sandhill pyxiemoss)
Etymology
mul Diapensiaceae :af grc:πυξίδιον<id:little box> grc:ἀνθηρά<id:flower> 1
Compound of mul grc:πυξίδιον<t:little box> grc:ἀνθηρά<t:flower>; see also en pyxidium and en anther. mul Q521848 1803.
Proper noun
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genus family Diapensiaceae pyxiemoss, a type of small, flat, flowering plant, endemic to the east coast of the United States.
Hypernyms
genus
Hyponyms
genus Pyxidanthera barbulata species (flowering pyxiemoss) type species; Pyxidanthera brevifolia species (sandhill pyxiemoss) disputed species
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mul Ericales order plants