BALSAMINACEAE
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.293200 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B0402C-FEC7-E26E-FA88-F949DD38F71F |
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Plazi |
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BALSAMINACEAE |
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XCVIII. BALSAMINACEAE View in CoL 3
Herbs. Leaves simple, exstipulate. Flowers solitary or in racemes, hermaphrodite, strongly zygomorphic. Sepals usually 3, free. Petals 5, the 4 lower connate in 2 lateral pairs. Stamens 5, alternate with petals; anthers connate. Ovary superior, 5-celled; ovules anatopous, axile, numerous, uniseriate in each cell; stigma sessile, 5-toothed. Fruit a loculicidal capsule; valves 5, dehiscing elastically and coiling. Seeds without endosperm.
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