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19. Cucubalus L., Sp. Pl. 414. 1753. Boiss., Fl. Or. 1:657.1867; Edgew. & Hook. f. in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 1:221.1874: Gorshkova in Kom., Fl. URSS. 6:729. 1936; Walters in Tutin et al., Fl. Eur. 1:181.1964; Cullen in Davis, Fl. Turk. 2:242.1967.

SHAHINA A. GHAZANFAR & YASIN J. NASIR

Perennial herbs. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate. Flowers in few-flowered dichasia. Calyx campanulate, ± inflated in fruit. Calyx 5, toothed. Petals 5, bifid; coronal scales present. Stamens 10. Styles 3. Carpophore present. Fruit indehiscent somewhat fleshy, drying when mature.

Monotypic genus, widely distributed in Europe, Asia & N.W. Africa.

Lower Taxon


 

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