BUTOMACEAE
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.293845 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BD9943-FFBA-FF9A-C6AF-F6E0FD698095 |
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Plazi |
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BUTOMACEAE |
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CLXXI. BUTOMACEAE View in CoL View at ENA 2
Perennial aquatic herbs, with creeping rhizome. Leaves basal, alternate, linear, sheathing at the base. Flowers hermaphrodite, in long-pedunculate umbels subtended by an involucre of bracts. Sepals 3, petaloid. Petals 3, slightly larger than the sepals. Stamens 9, with elongated filaments; anthers opening by longitudinal slits. Carpels 6, connate at the base, each with numerous parietal ovules. Fruit a whorl of follicles; seeds without endosperm; embryo straight.
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