FRANKENIACEAE
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.293200 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B0402C-FEF9-E250-FAC7-F3FCDAE6F183 |
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Plazi |
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FRANKENIACEAE |
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CXIV. FRANKENIACEAE View in CoL 2
Herbs or dwarf shrubs. Leaves opposite, entire, often ericoid; stipules absent. Flowers usually hermaphrodite. Sepals 4-6, connate for more than half their length. Petals 4-6, clawed, with a scale-like appendage on the claw. Stamens usually 6, in 2 whorls. Ovary superior, fertile only in the lower half, 1 -locular; placentation parietal; ovules numerous. Capsule loculicidal. Seeds endospermous.
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