Juncaginaceae Rich.
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ICN
Juncaginaceae Rich.
family
Juncaginaceae
Classification
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Descriptions
Juncaginaceae Rich.
Fls mostly bisexual, small, actinomorphic or slightly oblique, in spike or raceme, without bracts. Tepals 6 in 2 whorls, greenish or reddish. Stamens 6 or 4; filaments very short; anthers 2-celled, extrorse, opening by longitudinal slits. Carpels 6 (sts 3 sterile) or 4, superior, free or ± connate; style short or absent, stigma plumose or papillose; ovule 1, basal, us. erect, anatropous. Fr. dry. Seed without endosperm. Annual or perennial, rhizomatous, scapigerous, glab. herbs of wet places. Lvs mostly radical, linear, sheathing at base. Fls protogynous, wind-pollinated. Genera 4; widely distributed, the other 3 confined to S. Hemisphere.
Taxonomic concepts
Juncaginaceae Rich.
Juncaginaceae Rich.
Juncaginaceae Rich.
Metadata
188edf9f-748c-446a-9e31-4c4152b6712b
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
27 July 2011