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Ceratostigma | |
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Ceratostigma plumbaginoides | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Plumbaginaceae |
Genus: | Ceratostigma Bunge (1835) |
Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Valoradia Hochst. (1841) |
Ceratostigma (/ˌsɛrətoʊˈstɪɡmə, sɪˌræt-/;[2][3]), or leadwort, plumbago, is a genus of eight species of flowering plants in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of Africa and Asia. Common names are shared with the genus Plumbago.