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Dictyospermum
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Dictyospermum

Dictyospermum is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Commelinaceae, first described in 1853. It is native to Tropical Asia. They have only three fertile stamens, middle one inserted opposite petal.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Mountain Dayflower

speciesDictyospermum montanum

Dictyospermum ovalifolium

speciesDictyospermum ovalifolium

Dictyospermum conspicuum

speciesDictyospermum conspicuum

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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 903464.