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Schwackaea cupheoides (Benth.) Cogn. is a plant in the Melastomataceae family, order Myrtales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Schwackaea cupheoides (Benth.) Cogn. (Schwackaea cupheoides (Benth.) Cogn.)
Plantae

Schwackaea cupheoides (Benth.) Cogn.

Schwackaea cupheoides (Benth.) Cogn.

Schwackaea is a monotypic flowering plant genus in Melastomataceae, whose only species is native from southern Mexico to Colombia.

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Genus
Schwackaea
Order
Myrtales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Schwackaea cupheoides (Benth.) Cogn.

Genus Classification

Schwackaea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae.

Species Nomenclature

The only species in this genus is Schwackaea cupheoides, which has the scientific classification Schwackaea cupheoides (Benth.) Cogn.

Native Range

This species is native to the area extending from southern Mexico to Colombia.

Photo: (c) Randall Jiménez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Randall Jiménez · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Myrtales Melastomataceae Schwackaea

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

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