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Chenopodiaceae
Bassia

not marked as a favorite taxon *Bassia Allioni. Common name: Bassia.

Key to Bassia

A genus of about 21 species, herbs and dwarf shrubs, of Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America. All or part (the annuals) of Kochia are now sometimes merged into Bassia (Kadereit & Freitag 2011; Judd & Ferguson 1999).

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References: Blackwell, Baechle, & Williamson (1978); Collins & Blackwell (1979); Judd & Ferguson (1999); Kadereit & Freitag (2011); Kühn (1993) In Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Mosyakin (2003c) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003b); Mosyakin (2003d) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003b). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Bassia© Martin Purdy, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Martin Purdy | Bassia scoparia source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Bassia© mark-groeneveld, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by mark-groeneveld | Bassia hyssopifolia source CC-BY
image #3 of Bassia© Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ken-ichi Ueda | Bassia hyssopifolia source CC-BY
image #4 of Bassia© CK Kelly, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by CK Kelly | Bassia scoparia source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Bassia© Megan Blackmore, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Megan Blackmore | Bassia scoparia source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷

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