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2318.000 Nothosaerva
Townsend, C.C. (1988) Amaranthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1)
Description of the genus
Annual herb with opposite or alternate branches and leaves; leaves entire. Flowers small, solitary in the axils of scarious bracts, in dense, sessile, solitary or clustered spikes. Perianth segments 3–4(5), hyaline, the perianth subtended by two very small bracteoles. Ovary with a single, pendulous ovule with an ascending radicle. Fruit a delicate capsule, irregularly rupturing. Seeds rounded, compressed, endosperm copious. Worldwide: 1 species, widespread in tropical Africa, Mauritius, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Burma. Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Nothosaerva
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ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): NothosaervaFlora Zambesiaca web site: Nothosaerva
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Nothosaerva
Wikipedia: Nothosaerva
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Nothosaerva
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Nothosaerva
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