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n. - A family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales.

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  • Genetic variation in four species of Pedicularis (Scrophulariaceae) within a limited area in West Greenland.
  • Genetic variation in populations of the arctic perennial Pedicularis dasyantha (Scrophulariaceae), on Svalbard, Norway.
  • The melittid bees include species of Rediviva, oil-collecters which exclusively pollinate species of Nemesia and Diascia (Scrophulariaceae).
  • Scrophulariaceae, containing about 150 species of herbaceous or shrubby plants, chiefly natives of the South American Andes of Peru and Chile.
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