PAEONIACEAE

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 : 243

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

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1213417E-FEE3-FEE1-CBB3-FE6F4816CB1D

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Plazi

scientific name

PAEONIACEAE
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LXII. PAEONIACEAE View in CoL 1

Perennial herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate, exstipulate. Flowers usually solitary, hermaphrodite, actinomorphic, hypogynous. Sepals 5, free. Petals 5— 10(— 13), free. Stamens numerous. Carpels 2-8, free, borne on a fleshy disc. Fruit a group of 2-8 follicles, each with several seeds.

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