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|accepted_name=Tropaeolum
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 345. 1753
|year=1753
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|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 162. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Nasturtium
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Tropaeolaceae;Tropaeolum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Tropaeolaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Tropaeolum]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek tropaion, trophy, alluding to a tree trunk on which were fixed the shields and helmets of defeated enemies; Linnaeus was reminded of this on seeing the type species growing on a post, the leaves representing the shields and the flowers the helmets
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 165
|treatment_page=page 166
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Leaves:</b> blade orbiculate or reniform [palmately lobed or divided]. <b>Pedicels</b> axillary. <b>Flowers</b> relatively large, torus cupuliform. <b>x</b> = 14.</span><!--

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|distribution=Mexico;Central America;South America;introduced also in Europe;Asia;Africa;Australia.
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 90 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Tropaeolum
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Tropaeolaceae
|distribution=Mexico;Central America;South America;introduced also in Europe;Asia;Africa;Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=
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|genus=Tropaeolum
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