- Zizia
Taxobox
name = "Zizia"
image_caption = "Zizia aurea "
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Dicotyledoneae
ordo =Umbellales
familia =Apiaceae
genus = "Zizia"
genus_authority = W.D.J.Koch [cite web | url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?13053 | title=Genus: "Zizia" W. D. J. Koch | accessdate= 2008-08-16| work=Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)|publisher=United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area]
subdivision_ranks = Species
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range_map_caption ="Zizia" is a
genus offlowering plants named afterJohann Baptist Ziz (1779–1829), a German botanist from theRhineland . [http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/plants/wildflwr/species/zizeapte.htm] U.S. Department of the Interior: Ovalleaf Golden Alexanders (Zizea aptera)] [ [http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Apiaceae/Zizia_aurea.html] Desert-Tropicals: Golden Alexandes] .Species within this genus include "Z. aurea" (common name Golden Alexander [http://www.ionxchange.com/species_pages/z/zizea_aurea.html] Ion Exchange Native Seed and Plant Nursery: Golden Alexander] ) and "Z. aptera" (common nameHeartleaf Alexander ) [http://www.ionxchange.com/species_pages/z/zizea_aptera.html] Ion Exchange Native Seed and Plant Nursery: Heartleaf Alexander] [http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=ZIZAPT] Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium (University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point)] As typical of plants in theApiaceae family, plants in this genus bear flowers on distinctumbel s (umbrella -likeinflorescence s). [http://www.knottybits.com/JFGenus/Jfgen66.htm] Genus of the Month: Zizia]References
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