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Paramollugo nudicaulis (Lam.) Thulin is a plant in the Molluginaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Paramollugo nudicaulis (Lam.) Thulin (Paramollugo nudicaulis (Lam.) Thulin)
Plantae

Paramollugo nudicaulis (Lam.) Thulin

Paramollugo nudicaulis (Lam.) Thulin

Paramollugo nudicaulis is a plant species originally native to Madagascar that spread as a weed across warmer regions of Asia, Africa, and Arabia.

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Family
Genus
Paramollugo
Order
Caryophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Paramollugo nudicaulis (Lam.) Thulin

Taxonomic Classification

Paramollugo nudicaulis (Lam.) Thulin is a plant species that belongs to the genus Paramollugo.

Native Distribution

This species was originally native to Madagascar and its surrounding islands.

Introduced Range

It has since spread widely and now grows as a weed across tropical Africa, southern Arabia, as well as South and Southeast Asia.

Photo: (c) Troos van der Merwe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Troos van der Merwe · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Molluginaceae Paramollugo

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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