Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: Malpighiales

Podostemaceae

Cusset, C. (1997) Podostemaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(2)

Description of the family

Submerged, annual or perennial, herbs, growing firmly attached to rocks in swift-flowing water, often resembling mosses, liverworts or algae. Stems well-developed, floating, often woody. Leaves with floating, often linear to filiform, dissected laminae and/or with small moss-like or reduced and bract-like ones. Flowers bisexual, solitary or cymose, actinomorphic or zygomorphic. Spathella present and persistent (Sphaerothylax) or 0 (Tristicha). Perianth segments 2-3 or 0. Stems 1-many. Ovary 1-3-locular. Fruit a septicidal capsule. Seeds minute, numerous.

Worldwide: 47 genera and 280 species, mainly tropical (especially America and Asia) with a few temperate.

Mozambique: 3 genera and 3 taxa.

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GenusContent
Inversodicraea Engl. ex R.E.Fr.Description
Sphaerothylax Bisch. ex KraussDescription
Tristicha ThouarsDescription

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Podostemaceae
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Podostemaceae
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Podostemaceae
Wikipedia: Podostemaceae
Plants of the World Online: Podostemaceae
Tropicos: Podostemaceae



Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Family page: Podostemaceae.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=179, retrieved 11 December 2024

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