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Plumbaginaceae - Plumbago family
Literature
Vickery, A.R. (1983) Plumbaginaceae FZ 7(1)
Description of the family
Perennial herbs or small shrubs. Stipules 0. Leaves alternate or in basal rosettes, simple. Flowers 5-merous, bisexual, actinomorphic, arranged in a simple infl. Calyx consists of a 5- or 10-ribbed tube. Petals united into a long tube. Ovary superior, 1-locular with 1 ovule per loculus. Style 1 with 5 lobes. Fruit a membranous capsule, enclosed in the persistent calyx. Worldwide: 27 genera and 730 species, cosmopolitan, but often in maritime situations. |
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Links to genera: (1)
| Genus | Content |
| Plumbago L. | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Plumbaginaceae:
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Plumbaginaceae pageGRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Plumbaginaceae
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