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Bushcanes
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Bushcanes

Flagellaria

Flagellaria is the sole genus in the flowering plant family Flagellariaceae with only five species. The family has historically been recognized by few taxonomists. The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, 1998), does recognize such a family, and assigns it to the order Poales in the clade commelinids, in the monocots.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Indian Bushcane

speciesFlagellaria indica

Climbing Bushcane

speciesFlagellaria guineensis

Pacific Bushcane

speciesFlagellaria neocaledonica

Giant Bushcane

speciesFlagellaria gigantea

Flagellaria collaris

speciesFlagellaria collaris

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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 360344.