What is Tropaeolum?
{{italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = Tropaeolum | image = Tropaeolum.JPG | image_caption = ''Tropaeolum majus'' |regnum = [[Plantae]] |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Rosids]] | ordo = [[Brassicales]] | familia = '''Tropaeolaceae''' | genus = '''''Tropaeolum''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L]]. | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = About 80 species. }} '''Tropaeolum''' is a [[genus]] of roughly 80 species of [[Annual plant|annual]] and [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[herbaceous plant|herbaceous]] [[flowering plant]]s and the only genus in the family [[Tropaeolaceae]]. The genus ''Tropaeolum'' is native in [[Central America]] and [[South America]]. The roots of the specie T. polyphyllum from [[Chile]] can survive underground when air temperatures drop as low as -15°C (5°F). {{biology-stub}} {{commons|Tropaeolum}} [[Category:Flowers]] [[Category:Medicinal plants]] [[Category:Brassicales]]