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Pseudosedum (Boiss.) A. Berger in Engl. & Prantl, Naturl. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2. 18a: 465. 1930; C. A. Jansson & Rech.f. in Rech. f., Fl. Iran. 72: 18. 1970; Boriss. in Kom., Fl. USSR 9: 79. 1971 (Engl. transl.); H. Ohba in J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo 3. 12: 167. 1978; Fu Kunjun & H. Ohba in Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven, Fl. China 8: 213. 2001.
Umbilicus sect. Pseudosedum Boiss.
Perennial glabrous herb with thick caudex. Roots slender, cord-like or tuberous. Basal leaves of flowering stems scaly. Scaly leaves sessile, rosulate, brown, triangular to triangular-ovate. Flowering stems erect or ascending, simple. Leaves alternate, sessile, fleshy, oblong to linear, entire along the margin, terete. Inflorescence terminal corymbose, many-flowerd, compact to loosely arranged, bracteate. Flowers pedicellate, 5-6 merous, bisexual. Calyx polysepalous, sepals 5-6, fleshy, obtuse-acute. Corolla gamopetalous, lobes connate, nearly to the middle, campanulate-infundibular, pink, purplish red or violet, membranaceous. Stamens 10-12, basifixed, dithecous, in two whorls, filament adnate to the corolla-tube. Carpels 5-6, basally syncarpic, style slender, long, many ovules per locule. Nectar scales square. Follicles 5-6, erect. Seeds numerous, oblong, linear-elliptic, brown with longitudinal striae.
A genus of 12 species mainly distributed in Central Asia. Represented in Pakistan by 2 species.
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Inflorescence many flowered, loosely arranged, with numerous approximate branches elongating in fruit. Sepals oblong or lanceolate. Stamens opposite to sepals shorter than petals. Root without tuberous thickening. |
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Pseudosedum lievenii |
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Inflorescence many flowered, dense compact, without numerous approximate branches, elongating in fruit. Sepals ovate. Stamens opposite to sepals equal to or longer than petals. Root with small tuberous thickening. |
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Pseudosedum condensatum |
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