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Mollugo

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-CoreEudicot Order: Caryophyllales Family: Molluginaceae Genus: Mollugo

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Annual herbs.

Stems: Stems profusely branched.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate, opposite, or verticillate. Margins entire. Sessile. Stipules absent or rudimentary and membranous.

Flowers: Flowers in axillary, solitary or in cymes. Flowers small, bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic; pedicels long, filiform. Calyx of 5 sepals, persistent, margins scarious. Corolla (petals) absent. Stamens 3–5, rarely more; anthers dithecal, opening by longitudinal slits. Ovary superior, 2–5-carpellate, 3-celled, placentation axile; ovules anatropous.

Fruit: Capsules loculicidal; ovoid to ellipsoid; thin–walled. Seeds numerous; true endosperm absent.

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Historical Distribution

Accepted Subtaxa (in Hawai'i) (1)

Mollugo verticillata L.

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 89 (1753)

Occurrences

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