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Parentucellia

Viv. (1824)

This name is accepted

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

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Erect, pubescent, annual herbs.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Base sessile. Margins toothed. Petioles absent. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in terminal, leafy spikes. Flowers bisexual (perfect). Calyx campanulate, 4-lobed, the lobes lanceolate. Corolla bilabiate, upper lip hooded, lower lip with a 2–ridged palate, the lobes longer than the hood. Stamens 4, in 2 pairs; anthers pubescent. Ovary superior; stigma capitate.

Fruit: Capsules cylindrical; loculicidal. Seeds numerous; ellipsoid–oblong; ca. 0.5 mm long; smooth or finely reticulate.

Ploidy:

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Historical Distribution

Accepted Subtaxa (in Hawai'i) (1)

Parentucellia viscosa (L.) Caruel

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Fl. Libyc. Spec.: 31 (1824)

Occurrences

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