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Oncaglossum

genus of plants

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionAug 30, 2025
Entity authorityQ21216811 ↗
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Oncaglossum pringlei is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. It is the sole species in genus Oncaglossum. It is native to subtropical Mexico, where it ranges from Coahuila to Michoacán.

The species was first described as Cynoglossum pringlei by Jesse More Greenman in 1905. In 2010 Karel Sutorý placed the species in its own genus as Oncaglossum pringlei.

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The public source identifies “Oncaglossum” as genus of plants. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Oncaglossum, genus and plants.

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This entry incorporates text from “Oncaglossum” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.