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Physalis

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Solanales Family: Solanaceae Genus: Physalis

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Annual or rhizomatous perennial herbs to sub-woody short-lived shrubs, glabrous or pubescent with simple, forked, stellate, or glandular hairs.

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Leaves: Leaves simple, often geminate (occuring in pairs). Alternate. Blades linear to broadly ovate. Petiolate. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers solitary in the leaf axils or stem forks. Flowers bisexual (perfect), pedicellate. Calyx 5-lobed, the tube often inflated and angled. Corolla usually yellowish, often with dark spots toward base, campanulate to rotate with an expanded limb. Stamens 5; filaments inserted near base of corolla tube; anthers yellowish or bluish, oblong, opening by slits. Ovary superior, 2-celled; ovules numerous on an enlarged placenta; style 1, erect.

Fruit: Berries enclosed by the enlarged calyx tube; globose. Seeds numerous; lenticular. Usually self–compatible.

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Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 182 (1753)

Occurrences

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