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Meadowbeauties
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Meadowbeauties

Rhexia

Rhexia is a plant genus of Melastomataceae (ca. 4500 species in 150 genera) family. Rhexia species are commonly called “meadow beauty” and 11 to 13 species of Rhexia have been recognized depending on different taxonomic treatments.

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12 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Maryland meadowbeauty

speciesRhexia mariana

Virginia meadowbeauty

speciesRhexia virginica

Savannah meadowbeauty

speciesRhexia alifanus

Maid Marian

speciesRhexia nashii

short-stemmed meadowbeauty

speciesRhexia petiolata

yellow meadowbeauty

speciesRhexia lutea

West Indian meadowbeauty

speciesRhexia cubensis

Nuttall's Meadowbeauty

speciesRhexia nuttallii

awned meadowbeauty

speciesRhexia aristosa

Panhandle Meadowbeauty

speciesRhexia salicifolia

White Meadowbeauty

speciesRhexia parviflora

Rhexia interior

speciesRhexia interior

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 126319.