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2. Actaea L., Sp. Pl. 504. 1753. Gen. Pl. ed. 5:568. 1754; Boiss., Fl. Or. 1:96.1967; Hook.f. & Thoms. In Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 1:29.1872; Huth in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 16:306.1893; Shipchinskii in Komarov, Fl. URSS. 7:79.1937; Qureshi & Chaudhri in Pak. Syst. 4(1-2): 5. 1988.
HARALD RIEDL and YASIN J. NASIR
Naturhistorisches Museum, Botanische Abteilung, Wien, Austria. and National Herbarium, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Perennials. Leaves pinnately divided. Flowers arranged in short racemes. Perigonium Formed by 3-5 small petaloid sepals. Nectaries (petals) 4, rarely more or up to 10. Stamens numerous. Fruit a berry formed by a single carpel. Seed single.
A small genus of 4-5 species widely distributed throughout Europe, extra-tropical Asia and N. America. Represented in Pakistan by 1 species.
Lower Taxon
Related Synonym(s):
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