Selkirkia | |
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Selkirkia berteroi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Boraginales |
Family: | Boraginaceae |
Subfamily: | Boraginoideae |
Genus: | Selkirkia Hemsl., 1884 |
Type species | |
Selkirkia berteroi (Colla) Hemsl.
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Selkirkia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae.[1] Three species occur on the South American mainland and one, Selkirkia berteroi (sometimes written berteri), the first of the genus to be reported, is an endemic on Robinson Crusoe Island off the coast of Chile. It was previously considered a monotypic genus.[2]