*Bassia Allioni. Common name: 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).
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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© Martin Purdy, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Martin Purdy | Bassia scoparia source | Original Image ⭷
© mark-groeneveld, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by mark-groeneveld | Bassia hyssopifolia source
© Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ken-ichi Ueda | Bassia hyssopifolia source
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