Moricandia DC.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 334

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.302862

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scientific name

Moricandia DC.
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85. Moricandia DC. 2

Glabrous annual or perennial herbs. Leaves simple, fleshy. Inflorescence corymbose. Inner sepals saccate at base; petals purple, rarely whitish. Fruit a siliqua; valves with a distinct median vein; style short, stigma 2-lobed. Seeds in 1 or 2 rows in each loculus.

Literature: O. E. Schulz in Engler, Pflanzenreich 84 (IV. 105): 64-72 (1923). A. de Bolós, Anal. Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 6 (2): 451— 61 (1946).

1 Upper cauline leaves minute, triangular-ovate, very acute to acuminate; petals 12 mm, whitish 3. foetida 1 Upper cauline leaves cordate, ± acute; petals 18-22 mm, normally purple-violet

2 Outersepalsmarkedlycuculiateat theapex;raceme20-to

40-flowered; seeds up to 2- 5 mm, uniseriate

2. moricandioides 2 Outersepalsscarcelycuculiateat theapex; raceme10- to 20(-25)-flowered; seeds c. 1 mm, biseriate 1. arvensis

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