Caltha L.
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Nomenclature
L.
L.
1753
558
ICN
Caltha L.
genus
Caltha
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Descriptions
Caltha L.
Fls few to 1, perfect, regular, hypog. Sepals 5-10, petaloid, yellow or white; petals 0; stamens ∞; carpels 5-11, ovules several in 2 series. Fruit of a few follicles, each with several to many seeds. Perennial herbs with creeping rhizomes and ± cordate radical lvs. About 20 spp. of temperate regions. The N.Z. spp. are endemic and belong to the section Psychrophila as defined by Hill (Ann. Bot., Lond. 32, 1918, 421-422).
Taxonomic concepts
Psychrophila (DC.) Bercht. & J.Presl
Caltha L.
Psychrophila (DC.) Bercht. & J.Presl
Psychrophila (DC.) Bercht. & J.Presl
Caltha L.
Psychrophila (DC.) Bercht. & J.Presl
Psychrophila (DC.) Bercht. & J.Presl
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8f54d4f5-ebd9-4efe-a376-5cd5f1a87e97
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13 March 2002
5 February 2014