''Tapiscia'' is a

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Tapisciaceae Tapisciaceae is a family of flowering plants. Until recently it had been abandoned by taxonomists, and it was not recognised in the APG II system of 2003. In the APG III system, however, it has been reinstated to encompass the two genera '' Tapis ...

. Some authors recognize only one species, '' Tapiscia sinensis''.Vernon H. Heywood, Richard K. Brummitt, Ole Seberg, and Alastair Culham. ''Flowering Plant Families of the World''. Firefly Books: Ontario, Canada. (2007). Other authors recognize two species, ''T. sinensis'' and '' T. yunnanensis''.

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