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Hydnoraceae C. Agardh
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habit
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herbaceous plants
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important diagnostics
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chlorophyll absent
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distribution
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African, South American
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leaf: nature
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not compound
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leaf: stipules
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absent
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inflorescence
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solitary
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flower: sexuality
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bisexual
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flower: symmetry
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actinomorphic
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flower: receptacle
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enlarged, totally or partially free from the ovary
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flower: disc
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absent
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flower: perianth number
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3, 4, 5
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flower: perianth nature
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perianth of similar segments
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flower: sepal number
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3, 4, 5
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flower: sepal position
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all free from one another, connate
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flower: sepal nature
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sepals valvate
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flower: petal number
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0
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stamen: number
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3, 4, 5, 11+
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stamen: anthers
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introrse, extrorse, opening by longitudinal slits, 1-locular at anthesis
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stamen: filaments
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connate into 1 tube or bundle
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stamen: other characters
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staminodia present
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pistil: style
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styles absent, stigmas sessile
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pistil: carpel
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3
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pistil: ovary
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1-locular
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pistil: ovule
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3+ in each loculus
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pistil
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ovules parietal, carpels connate, ovules attached to the apex of the ovary
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fruit: type
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a capsule, fleshy
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fruit: seed
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3+ seeds
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seed: endosperm
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seeds with endosperm
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