Emex australis
| Emex australis | |
|---|---|
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| The seeds, most often almost black in colour | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Emex |
| Species: | E. australis |
| Binomial name | |
| Emex australis Steinh. | |
Emex australis, commonly known in English as southern threecornerjack,[1] devil's thorn, or double gee[2] (also doublegee, from the old Afrikaner name dubbeltge-doorn - 'double thorned'), is a herbaceous plant of the Polygonaceae. It occurs indigenously in South Africa and is also an invasive species in Australia & Texas in the USA.
The current name for this species is Rumex hypogaeus T.M.Schust. & Reveal Taxon 64(6): 1203. (2015) .
References
- ↑ "Emex australis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
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