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Pontederiaceae Kunth
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Details
Pontederiaceae Kunth
Pontederiaceae Kunth
Nomenclature
Kunth
Kunth
ICN
Pontederiaceae Kunth
family
Pontederiaceae
Classification
Subordinates
Descriptions
Pontederiaceae Kunth
Erect or floating aquatic perennials. Leaves aerial, or with floating and/or emersed laminae sheathing at base. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic or ± zygomorphic, solitary, or in spikes, racemes or panicles with a sheathing bract. Perianth petaloid, hypogynous; lobes 6, ± 2-seriate, free or connate below in a tube. Stamens 1, 3, or 6, equal or unequal, inserted at different levels on throat; filaments free; anthers 2-celled, dehiscing by longitudinal slits or rarely by terminal pores. Ovary superior, 1- or 3-locular; style filiform; stigma entire or shortly 3-lobed or 6-toothed; ovules 1 or many. Fruit indehiscent or a loculicidal capsule. Seeds longitudinally ribbed. Genera 7, in fresh water in tropical and subtropical regions.
Taxonomic concepts
Pontederiaceae Kunth
Pontederiaceae
Pontederiaceae Kunth
Metadata
7d88825e-d315-466d-9e3d-413b708667f1
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
2 August 2011