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Tinantia

Tinantia is a genus of plants in the Commelinaceae, first described in 1839. They are commonly called widow's tears or false dayflowers due to their resemblance of the closely related true dayflowers of the genus Commelina. Tinantia is native to North and South America from Texas + Hispaniola to Argentina, with a center of diversity from Mexico to Nicaragua. Tinantia pringlei, an alpine native of Mexico, is grown as an ornamental in temperate areas and is

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13 branches of this genus, most-observed first

False dayflower

speciesTinantia anomala

Upright tinantia

speciesTinantia erecta

Spotted Widow's Tears

speciesTinantia pringlei

Tinantia standleyi

speciesTinantia standleyi

Tinantia macrophylla

speciesTinantia macrophylla

Tinantia leiocalyx

speciesTinantia leiocalyx

Tinantia longipedunculata

speciesTinantia longipedunculata

Tinantia sprucei

speciesTinantia sprucei

Tinantia violacea

speciesTinantia violacea

Tinantia parviflora

speciesTinantia parviflora

Tinantia glabra

speciesTinantia glabra

Tinantia umbellata

speciesTinantia umbellata

Tinantia caribaea

speciesTinantia caribaea

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