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Springbeauty

(Claytonia)

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Description

Claytonia (spring beauty) is a genus of 26 species of flowering plants formerly included in Portulacaceae but now classified in the family Montiaceae, primarily native to North America, with a few species extending south to Guatemala in Central America, and northwest to northeastern Asia.The genus Claytonia was moved in 2009 from the Purslane family (Portulacaceae) with adoption of the APG III system, which established the Montiaceae family. A number of the species were formerly treated in the related genus Montia.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Portulacaceae
Genus:Claytonia
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