JUNCAGINACEAE
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.293845 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BD9943-FFBD-FF9D-C77D-F626FCDE870F |
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Plazi |
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JUNCAGINACEAE |
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CLXXV. JUNCAGINACEAE View in CoL View at ENA 1
Aquatic or marsh herbs; stems stout. Leaves basal, alternate, linear, sheathing at the base. Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual, ebracteate, in pedunculate racemes or spikes. Perianth of 2-6 sepaloid segments. Stamens 3 or 6, often adnate at the base to the perianth-segments; anthers sessile, 2-thecous, opening by longitudinal slits. Carpels 3 or 6, free or connate, each with 1 ovule; styles short or stigmas sessile. Fruit apocarpous or syncarpous, the fruitlets separating when ripe; seeds with or without endosperm; embryo straight.
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