Ruppia L.
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.293845 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BD9943-FFB2-FF92-C0CF-F64FF9E08635 |
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Plazi |
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Ruppia L. |
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1. Ruppia L. View in CoL 1
Leaves alternate, or the involucral subopposite, minutely denticulate at the apex, otherwise entire; sheaths shortly auriculate. Spikes subtended by 2 subopposite involucral leaves with more or less inflated sheaths; flowers arranged one above the other on opposite sides of the rhachis. Stamens with a small dorsal appendage at the base. Carpels with a sessile, peltate stigma.
Literature: G. Reese, Zeitschr. Bot. (Stuttgart) 50: 237-264 (1962). J. C. Gamarro, Darwiniana 14: 575- 608 (1968). Peduncles more than 8 cm, much elongated after anthesis, spirally coiled in fruit; anthers c. 1 -7 mm, reniform; leaves usually rounded or obtuse 2. cirrhosa Peduncles usually less than 6 cm, shortly accrescent after anthesis,
not spirally coiled in fruit; anthers 0-6-0-7 mm, elliptical;
leaves usually acute 1. maritima
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