Polygonatum Mill.
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Polygonatum Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. (1754)
Polygonatum Mill.
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Nomenclature
Mill.
Mill.
1754
ICN
Polygonatum Mill.
genus
Polygonatum
Classification
Vernacular names
Descriptions
Polygonatum Mill.
Erect, summer-green perennials. Rhizome stout, fleshy, far-extending. Stems leafy above, sheath-bearing below. Leaves numerous, all cauline, alternate, opposite or whorled. Flowers tubular-campanulate, ebracteate, nodding or pendulous, solitary and axillary, or in few-flowered axillary racemes; pedicels articulate; tube long; apical lobes deltoid, ± spreading. Berry globose. Seeds many. Spp. c. 50, from N. Temperate regions. Adventive sp. 1.
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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
1 August 2011