Emex australis

Emex australis
seeds
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Emex
Species: E. australis
Binomial name
Emex australis
Steinh.

Emex australis, commonly known in English as southern threecornerjack,[1] devil's thorn, or double gee[2] (also doublegee, from the old Afrikaner name dubbeltge-doorn - 'devil's thorn'), or three-cornered jack, is a herbaceous plant of the Polygonaceae. It occurs indigenously in South Africa and is also an invasive species in Australia & Texas in the USA.

References

  1. ↑ "Emex australis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

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