Tribulus cistoides

Tribulus cistoides, the Jamaican feverplant[3] or puncture vine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Zygophyllaceae, which is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions.

Tribulus cistoides
Tribulus cistoides in flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Zygophyllales
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Genus: Tribulus
Species:
T. cistoides
Binomial name
Tribulus cistoides
Synonyms[1]

Kallstroemia cistoides (L.) Endl.
Tribulus alacranensis Millsp.[2]
Tribulus moluccanus Decne.
Tribulus sericeus Andersson
Tribulus terrestris var. cistoides (L.) Oliv.

Tribulus cistoides - MHNT

References
  1. "Tribulus cistoides L.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 March 2014 – via The Plant List.
  2. Field Columbian Museum (1916). "Vegetation of Alacran Reef". Botanical series. The Museum. 2.
  3. "Tribulus cistoides". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 14 December 2015.


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