Filipendula Mill.
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Nomenclature
Mill.
Mill.
1754
ICN
Filipendula Mill.
genus
Filipendula
Classification
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Descriptions
Filipendula Mill.
Perennial herbs, not armed, shortly rhizomatous with rhizomes sometimes thickened into tubers; stems herbaceous or slightly woody, usually erect. Lvs mostly basal, some cauline, imparipinnate or palmately lobed, usually with small leaflets between larger ones; stipules large, semicordate, persistent. Infl. a many-flowered, ebracteate, cymose panicle. Fls 5-6-merous, usually ☿, small, pale cream to reddish or sometimes purplish beneath. Hypanthium flat to slightly concave. Epicalyx 0. Calyx of ± triangular sepals, persistent and sometimes reflexed after flowering. Petals ± imbricate, > sepals. Stamens 20-40. Ovary superior; carpels and styles 5-15, in one whorl; ovules 2 per carpel. Fr. a compact head of free achenes.
Taxonomic concepts
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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
28 January 2014