Pleea is a small genus of flowering plants described as a genus in 1803.[2][3][4] There is only one known species, Pleea tenuifolia, the rush featherling,[5] native to the southeastern United States (Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, and South Carolina).[1][6][7]
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| 1818 illustration | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Tofieldiaceae |
| Genus: | Pleea Michx. |
| Species: | P. tenuifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Pleea tenuifolia | |
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References
edit- ^ a b "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
- ^ Michaux, André. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana 1: 247–248 in Latin
- ^ Michaux, André. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana 1: plate 25 line drawing as illustration
- ^ "Tropicos | Name - Pleea Michx". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
- ^ "Plants Profile for Pleea tenuifolia (rush featherling)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
- ^ "Pleea tenuifolia in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map Image
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