Petrorhagia (Ser. ex DC.) Link
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Petrorhagia (Ser. ex DC.) Link, Handbuch [Link] 2, 235 (1829)
Petrorhagia (Ser. ex DC.) Link
Biostatus
Nomenclature
(Ser. ex DC.) Link
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1829
235
ICN
genus
Petrorhagia
Classification
Subordinates
Vernacular names
Descriptions
Petrorhagia (Ser. ex DC.) Link
Annual or perennial herbs. Hairs glandular and/or eglandular or 0. Lvs opposite, exstipulate, linear-oblanceolate to linear to subulate, often glaucous; cauline lvs connate in pairs. Fls solitary or in lax to capitate cymes; bracts leaflike; epicalyx scales mucronate to obtuse, papery or membranous or scarious, rarely 0. Calyx narrowly cylindric or narrowed at apex, 5-toothed, with scarious veinless commissures between the teeth. Petals 5, pink or white, clawed or not, entire, 2-fid or toothed; coronal scales 0. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Fr. a cylindric to ovoid capsule, dehiscing by 4 teeth; carpophore usually present. Seeds flattened or folded around the hilum, scutate, warty or finely ridged, not winged.
Taxonomic concepts
Petrorhagia (Ser. ex DC.) Link
Petrorhagia
Petrorhagia (Ser. ex DC.) Link
Petrorhagia (Ser. ex DC.) Link
Petrorhagia (Ser. ex DC.) Link
Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
3 September 2008