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Jamaicanweed

Nama jamaicensis

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 62, February 60, March 126, April 233, May 80, June 47, July 34, August 35, September 42, October 44, November 58, December 56.
United States801
Texas700
Mexico254
Nuevo Leon114
Sinaloa22
Queretaro de Arteaga20
Argentina14
Tamaulipas12
Oaxaca10
Puebla10

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderborages · Boraginales
Familyborage family · Boraginaceae
GenusNama

Sources

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