Tofieldia Hudson
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Plazi |
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Tofieldia Hudson |
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1. Tofieldia Hudson 1
Rhizomatous perennial herbs. Leaves distichous, ensiform. Flowers small, in terminal racemes or heads, shortly pedicellate or subsessile. Perianth persistent; segments free, ascending or patent. Stamens with glabrous filaments and broadly ovate, basifixed, introrse anthers. Ovary ovoid, the 3 carpels free above, gradually narrowed into 3 short, persistent styles. Fruit a septicidal capsule, subglobose or broadly ellipsoid. Seeds numerous, very small, ellipsoid or narrowly oblong.
Literature: W. T. Stearn, Jour. Linn. Soc. London (Bot.) 53: 194-204 (1947). H. Kunz, Phyton (Austria) 9: 135-139 (1961). B. Krisa & J. Chrtek, Novit. Bot. Horti Bot. Univ. Carol. Prag. 1963: 36-38 (1963).
Bract at base of pedicel 3-lobed; pedicel without bracteole
1. pusilla Bract at base of pedicel entire; pedicel with a 3-lobed bracteole immediately below the flower 2. calyculata
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