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Trapaceae - Water chestnut family
Brenan, J.P.M. (1978) Trapaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4
Description of the family
Aquatic floating herbs. Stipules cleft to base. Leaves alternate, in floating rosettes; petiole spongy and inflated about the middle. Adventitious roots leaf-like, pinnatisect into many filiform segments. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic, solitary from upper axils. Sepals, petals and stamens 4. Petals white. Ovary semi-inferior, 2-locular. Fruit a 1-seeded drupe bearing 2-4 horns. Worldwide: 1 genus and c. 20 species in the Old World excluding the Pacific. Mozambique: 1 genus and 1 taxon. |
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Other sources of information about Trapaceae:
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Flora of Botswana: TrapaceaeFlora of Caprivi: Trapaceae
Flora of Malawi: Trapaceae
Flora of Zambia: Trapaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Trapaceae
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): TrapaceaeGoogle: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Trapaceae
Wikipedia: Trapaceae
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