Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae

Haloragaceae - Water-milfoil family

Literature

Mendes, E.J. (1978) Haloragaceae FZ 4

Description of the family

Herbs or undershrubs, often aquatic, monoecious, polygamous or dioecious. Stipules 0 (but see note under Myriophyllum). Leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, simple or pinnatifid. Calyx lobes and petals 2-4 or 0, free. Stamens (0-1-)2-4 or 8. Ovary inferior, 1-4-locular. Fruit a nutlet, indehiscent or breaking up into 2 or 4 one-seeded mericarps, or a drupe.

Worldwide: 10 genera and 185 species, cosmopolitan but especially southern hemisphere.

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Links to genera: (2)

GenusContent
Gunnera L.Description
Laurembergia P.J. BergiusDescription

Other sources of information about Haloragaceae:

GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Haloragaceae
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Copyright: Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten, 2007-10

Hyde, M.A. & Wursten, B. (2010). Flora of Mozambique: Family page: Haloragaceae.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=96, retrieved 3 September 2010

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