Petrocoptis


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Noun1.Petrocoptis - perennial tussock-forming rock plants; of Pyrenees and mountains of northern Spain; similar to and sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
carnation family, Caryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, pink family - large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)
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His experience as a floristic expert and taxonomist led to his promotion of the Flora iberica project, sponsored by the CSIC, in which he was involved as an author and co-author of the generic syntheses of Anemone, Cistus, Coriaria, Endressia, Guillonea, Laserpitium, Minuartia, Petrocoptis, Rhodalsine, Rosa, Thalictrum and Viola, and as the editor of volumes I (1986), II (1990), III (1993) and IV (1993).
Allocation of reproductive resources within inflorescences of Petrocoptis grandiflora (Caryophyllaceae).