Scandix L.
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.293200 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B0402C-FE99-E231-F685-F25DDEF0FCE5 |
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Plazi |
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Scandix L. |
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14. Scandix L. View in CoL 1
Leaves (l-)2- to 3-pinnate, with narrow lobes. Umbels with few rays, sometimes reduced to one ray only. Sepals absent. Petals white, oblong, often very unequal in the outer flowers; apex incurved or inflexed. Fruit subcylindrical, slightly compressed laterally; beak up to four times as long as the seed-bearing part. Ridges prominent, slender; vittae very slender.
All species occur in open habitats, often as weeds.
1 Bracteoles obviously pinnate, with narrow, linear, patent lobes
1. stellata 1 Bracteoles entire or with 2 or more coarse, irregular teeth or forward-pointing lobes
2 Beak somewhat compressed laterally, not very clearly differentiated from the seed-bearing part of the fruit; carpophore usually 2-fid at the top 2. australis 2 Beak strongly compressed dorsally and obviously distinct from the seed-bearing part of the fruit; carpophore entire
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