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Daphne Linn., Sp. Pl. 336. 1753. Gen. Pl. ed. 5. 167. 1754; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 5:193. 1886; Boiss., Fl. Or. 4: 1046. 1879; Post, Fl. Syr. Pal. Sin. 708. 1883; Benth. and Hook. f., Brit. Fl. 387. 1900; Collett, Fl. Siml. 434. 1902; Bor, Man. Ind. For. Bot. 146. 1953; Hutch., Gen. Flow. Pl. 2:251. 1967; Webb and Ferguson in Fl. Eur. 2:256. 1968.
Scopolia Linn.
Undershrubs. Leaves entire, scattered. Flowers hermaphrodite, capitate or in short racemes. Calyx tubular, often dilated basally, 4 lobed; lobes spreading; petals absent. Disc absent. Stamens 8, 2-seriate, more or less included in the tube, subsessile. Ovary unilocular; style short, stigma capitate. Berry globose, ovoid or oblong, enclosed in the persistent calyx.
A genus of about 70 species found in Europe, Mediterranean region, temperate and subtropical Asia, Indo-Malaya, Philippine Islands, N. Africa, Australia, Pacific. Represented in W. Pakistan by 3 species only.
Lower Taxa
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