Pachistima

Pachistima

Taxobox
name = Pachistima


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Celastrales
familia = Celastraceae
genus = Pachistima
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Pachistima, nicknamed cliff-green or mountain lover, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae, related to Euonymus. Canby pachistima ("Pachistima canbyi") looks similar to Pachysandra, but they are not related.


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