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26. Girgensohnia Bunge, Rel. Lehm. 302. 1851; Ball in Tutin et al., Fl. Europ. 1: 107. 1964; Hedge in Rech. f., Fl. Iran. 172: 297. 1997.
Annuals with stiff opposite leaves. Flowers perfect, 5-merous, bracteolate. Perianth free nearly to the base, 2 or 3 of them with wing-like protuberance in fruit. Stamens 5, inserted on a fleshy lobed hypogynous disc; anthers with narrow sublinear appendages. Ovary with a short style and 2 stigmas. Fruit vertical; seeds vertical, with spiral embryo and radicle pointing upwards.
About 6 species in W. & C. Asia; 1 is recorded here.
Lower Taxon
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