Alcea L.
Details
Biostatus
Nomenclature
L.
L.
1753
687
ICN
Alcea L.
genus
Alcea
Classification
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Vernacular names
Descriptions
Alcea L.
Perennial herbs with tall stems. Lvs toothed or lobed. Fls solitary and axillary or in axillary clusters, shortly pedicellate or sessile; epicalyx segments 6-(9), united at least in part; calyx evenly 5-toothed; petals spreading, obtuse to emarginate. Style branches as many as loculi, filiform. Fr. of numerous, 1-seeded, indehiscent, awnless mericarps arranged in a single flat whorl round short conic apex of receptacle, separating at maturity.
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Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
19 September 2008