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3. Monsonia L., Mantissa. 14. 1767. Boiss., Fl. Or. 1:897.1867 R. Knuth in Engler, Pflanzenr. 53. (iv. 129): 240.1912; Jafri, Fl. Karachi, 181.1966; Schonbeck-Temesy, Fl. Iran. 59.1970; M. Zohary, Fl. Palest. 2:24.3.1971; Venter, H.J.T.A Monograph of Monsonia, Med. Landbouw. Wageningen, 79-9.1979.
YASIN J. NASIR
Annual or perennial. Leaves toothed or divided, stipulate. Flowers umbellate or solitary, pentamerous. Sepals and petals imbricate, the latter alternating with 5 glands. Stamens 15, all fertile. Ovary 5-lobed, 5-locular. Fruit a schizocarp with 5 mericarps; mericarps with a tail as long as beak.
25 species in Africa, especially the South, Madagascar, S.W. Asia, N.W. India and Pakistan. Represented in Pakistan by 3 species.
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Peduncles 3-13 flowered. Petals c. size of sepals or shorter. Plants eglandular. Leaves silvery or greyish |
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Peduncles 1-2-flowered. Petals longer than sepals. Plants glandular. Leaves greenish |
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3 Monsonia senegalensis |
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Leaves 1-35 x 8-30 mm, ovate-cordate |
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1 Monsonia heliotropiodes |
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Leaves 1-25 x 4-10 mm, narrow ovate |
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2 Monsonia nivea |
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