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Showing Lappula
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- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Asteranae(superordo)
- Boraginaceae(fam.)
- Lappula(gen.)
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Type: Lappula myosotis Moench
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Etymology: "Diminutive of Latin lappa, a bur: alluding to the prickly nutlets. - Echinospermum, Swartz, 1818."
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APC Comment: A northern hemisphere taxon, recorded in an Australian context only as the parent of Lappula concava (F.Muell.) F.Muell. Lappula concava is treated as a synonym of Omphalolappula concava (F.Muell.) Brand in Australia.