genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
flowering plant
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s within the
family
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Campanulaceae
The family Campanulaceae (also bellflower family), of the order Asterales, contains nearly 2400 species in 84 genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, often with milky sap. Among them are several familiar garden plants belon ...
, native to
North
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South America
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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Species /ref> Venus' looking-glass is a common name for plants in this genus.
Species include:
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Triodanis biflora
''Triodanis biflora'' is a species of flowering plant native to the Americas and known commonly as small Venus' looking-glass. The flower is solitary and has a bell-shaped blue or purple corolla. Its leaf arrangement is alternate and its leaf typ ...
'' (Ruiz & Pav.) Greene - small Venus' looking-glass - widespread across North America
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Triodanis coloradoensis
''Triodanis'' is a genus of flowering plants within the family Campanulaceae, native to North and South America. Venus' looking-glass is a common name for plants in this genus.
Species include:
*'' Triodanis biflora'' (Ruiz & Pav.) Greene - smal ...
'' (Buckley) McVaugh - Colorado Venus' looking-glass - endemic to Texas despite the name
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Triodanis holzingeri
''Triodanis'' is a genus of flowering plants within the family Campanulaceae, native to North and South America. Venus' looking-glass is a common name for plants in this genus.
Species include:
*'' Triodanis biflora'' (Ruiz & Pav.) Greene - smal ...
'' McVaugh - Holzinger's Venus' looking-glass - Great Plains plus Arizona and Tennessee
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Triodanis lamprosperma
''Triodanis'' is a genus of flowering plants within the family Campanulaceae, native to North and South America. Venus' looking-glass is a common name for plants in this genus.
Species include:
*'' Triodanis biflora'' (Ruiz & Pav.) Greene - smal ...
Triodanis leptocarpa
''Triodanis leptocarpa'', commonly called slimpod Venus' looking-glass, is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family (Campanulaceae). It is native to the United States, where it is found primarily in the Great Plains and Midwest
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Triodanis perfoliata
''Triodanis perfoliata'', the clasping Venus' looking-glass or clasping bellflower, is an annual flowering plant belonging to the family Campanulaceae (bellflower family). It is an annual herb native to North and South America, the natural range ...
'' (L.) Nieuwl. - Clasping Venus' looking-glass - widespread across North and South America from Canada to Argentina; naturalized in China, Korea, Australia
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Triodanis texana
''Triodanis'' is a genus of flowering plants within the family Campanulaceae, native to North and South America. Venus' looking-glass is a common name for plants in this genus.
Species include:
*'' Triodanis biflora'' (Ruiz & Pav.) Greene - smal ...
'' McVaugh - Texas Venus' looking-glass - endemic to Texas