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5. Oresitrophe Bunge, Enum. Pl. China Bor. 31. 1833.
独根草属 du gen cao shu
Pan Jintang ; Douglas E. Soltis
Herbs perennial. Rhizomes thick, scaly. Leaves all basal, petiolate; leaf blade cordate to ovate, margin irregularly dentate. Inflorescence cymose, ebracteate. Hypanthium adnate to ovary at base. Sepals 5(-7), white, petaloid. Petals absent. Stamens 10(-14). Carpels 2, proximally connate; ovary 1/4 subsuperior, proximally 1-loculed with axile placentation, distally with marginal placentation. Fruit a capsule, dehiscing between styles. Seeds numerous, small.
* One species.
Oresitrophe is most closely related to the monotypic Mukdenia. Its other close relatives are Astilboides, Bergenia, Darmera Voss, and Rodgersia.
Lower Taxon
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