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Corchorus hirsutus L.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl. 530.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Malvales
family
Malvaceae
genus
Corchorus
species
Corchorus hirsutus

Name

Synonyms
Corchoropsis tomentosa (Thunb.) Makino
Corchorus arenarius Kunth
Corchorus detersilis Gand.
Corchorus frutescens Lam.
Corchorus lanuginosus Macfad.
Corchorus tomentosus Thunb.
Homonyms
Corchorus hirsutus L.
Common names
Jackswitch in English
Jackswitch in English
cadillo in Spanish
jackswitch in English
mallet in English
woolly corchorus in English
Basora Kòrá in language.
Funfun in language.
Jackswitch in English
Yerba di Salu in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds., 2015: null. Flora of North America North of Mexico, vol. 6: Magnoliophyta: Cucurbitaceae to Droseraceae. 496.
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