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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|image = Myosurus minimus2 eF.jpg
|image = Myosurus minimus2 eF.jpg
|image_caption = ''[[Myosurus minimus]]''
|image_caption = ''[[Myosurus minimus]]''
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|regnum = [[Plantae]]
|taxon = Myosurus
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
|unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
|ordo = [[Ranunculales]]
|familia = [[Ranunculaceae]]
|genus = '''''Myosurus'''''
|genus_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
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The genus '''''Myosurus''''', or '''mousetail''', belongs to the [[buttercup]] [[family (biology)|family]] (Ranunculaceae). It comprises about 15 species of annual scapose herbs. These herbs are nearly [[cosmopolitan distribution|cosmopolitan]] (lacking in eastern [[Asia]] and tropical regions), with a center of diversity in western [[North America]]. The flowers are easily recognised by bearing 6 [[stamen]]s with numerous [[ovary (plant)|ovaries]] on a stalk (accounting for the name "mousetail").
The genus '''''Myosurus''''', or '''mousetail''', belongs to the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Ranunculaceae]]. It comprises about 15 species of annual scapose herbs. These herbs are nearly [[cosmopolitan distribution|cosmopolitan]] (lacking in eastern [[Asia]] and tropical regions), with a center of diversity in western [[North America]]. The flowers are easily recognised by bearing 6 [[stamen]]s with numerous [[ovary (plant)|ovaries]] on a stalk (accounting for the name "mousetail").


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Latest revision as of 19:35, 16 October 2023

Myosurus
Myosurus minimus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Subfamily: Ranunculoideae
Tribe: Ranunculeae
Genus: Myosurus
L.

The genus Myosurus, or mousetail, belongs to the family Ranunculaceae. It comprises about 15 species of annual scapose herbs. These herbs are nearly cosmopolitan (lacking in eastern Asia and tropical regions), with a center of diversity in western North America. The flowers are easily recognised by bearing 6 stamens with numerous ovaries on a stalk (accounting for the name "mousetail").

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