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Lamiales

Bromhead (1838)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Genus:

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Herbs, vines, shrubs, trees.

Stems: Woody or herbaceous.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple or compound. Usually opposite. Surfaces typically with hairs with glandular heads. Stipules usually absent.

Flowers: Flowers frequently in axillary cymes, rarely solitary. Flowers often 4-merous. with bilateral symmetry. Corolla of 5 petals, connate and often forming a tube, often bilabiate. The upper lip composed of two petals and the lower of three. Stamens adnate to corolla; with four (or fewer) fertile stamens. Ovary superior and composed of two fused carpels.

Fruit: Fruit often a capsules; berry; or composed of 4–nutlets.

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Mag. Nat. Hist. 2: 210 (1838)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
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