Emex australis
| Emex australis | |
|---|---|
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| seeds | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Emex |
| Species: | E. australis |
| Binomial name | |
| Emex australis Steinh. | |
Emex australis, commonly known in English as southern threecornerjack,[1] devil's thorn, or double gee[2] (also doublegee, from the old Afrikaner name dubbeltge-doorn - 'devil's thorn'), or three-cornered jack, is a herbaceous plant of the Polygonaceae. It occurs indigenously in South Africa and is also an invasive species in Australia & Texas in the USA.
References
- ↑ "Emex australis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
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