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Duranta erecta ‘Aurea Variegata’
Pigeon berry
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Lamiales | Aromatic herbs and shrubs, including lavender, lilac, olive, jasmine, ash, teak, snapdragon, sesame, psyllium, garden sage, mint, basil, and rosemary |
| Family | Verbenaceae | Verbena (vervain) family, about 3,000 species |
| Genus | Duranta | For Castor Durante, Italian physician and herbalist, who in the 1500s published colorful but unscientific books on botany |
| Species | erecta | Upright |
| Cultivar | ‘Aurea Variegata’ | |
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Duranta erecta ‘Aurea Variegata’ description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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9/7/2010 · Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston, Massachusetts · ≈ 2 × 1′ (62 × 41 cm) 
9/7/2010 · Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston, Massachusetts · ≈ 1½ × 1′ (52 × 34 cm)
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