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Parapteropyrum A. J. Li

翅果蓼属

Description from Flora of China

Shrubs. Leaves simple, clustered, rarely solitary, petiolate; ocrea membranous, oblique. Inflorescence terminal, racemose. Pedicel articulate. Flowers bisexual. Perianth persistent, 5-parted; tepals unequal, outer 2 smaller, accrescent in fruit. Stamens 8; filaments filiform. Ovary ovoid, trigonous; styles 3, free; stigmas capitate. Achenes trigonous, broadly ovoid, ribs with wings.

* One species.

(Authors: Li Anjen (李安仁 Li An-ren); Alisa E. Grabovskaya-Borodina)

Lower Taxon


 

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