Salta triflora
| Salta triflora | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Subfamily: | Eriogonoideae |
| Tribe: | Triplarideae |
| Genus: | Salta Adr.Sanchez |
| Species: | S. triflora
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| Binomial name | |
| Salta triflora (Griseb.) Adr.Sanchez
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Salta triflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae. It is a shrub or tree native to northern Argentina, Bolivia, west-central Brazil, and Paraguay.[1] It is the sole species in genus Salta.[2]
The species was first described as Ruprechtia triflora by August Grisebach in 1879. In 2011 Adriana Sanchez placed it in the newly described monotypic genus Salta as Salta triflora.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b c "Salta triflora (Griseb.) Adr.Sanchez". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
- ^ "Salta Adr.Sanchez". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
- ^ Adriana Sanchez and Kathleen A. Kron "Phylogenetic Relationships of Triplaris and Ruprechtia: Re-Delimitation of the Recognized Genera and Two New Genera for Tribe Triplarideae (Polygonaceae)," Systematic Botany 36(3), 702-710, (1 July 2011). https://doi.org/10.1600/036364411X583664