Basellaceae

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Basellaceae
from Blanco (c. 1880)
from Blanco (c. 1880)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Basellaceae
Raf. (1837)
Genera

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Basellaceae is a family of flowering plants, in the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots, according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. The family comprises some two dozen species of herbaceous plants, some with climbing habits, in four genera:

Members of economic importance include the ulluco and the Malabar spinach.

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