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Lagerstroemia L.

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Published In: Systema Naturae, Editio Decima 2: 1068, 1076, 1372. 1759. (Syst. Nat. (ed. 10))

Synonymy

Fatioa DC.
Munchausia L.

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Acceptance : Accepted

Project Data (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)

General/Distribution: Species c. 50, paleotropic. Many species are cultivated for their showy flowers, 3 of which are cultivated in Pakistan.

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Deciduous trees or shrubs, glabrous to tomentose. Young branches quadrangular. Leaves opposite, subopposite or alternate, sessile or petiolate. Inflorescence a terminal panicle. Flowers subsessile or pedicellate, 2-bracteate, bracteolate, 6-merous. Hypanthium infundibuliform. Petals corrugate-unguiculate. Stamens numerous, reclinate, inserted at the base of the hypanthium, exserted or included. Ovary subglobose, 3-6-locular; style curved. Capsule exceeding the hypanthium, 3-6-valved. Seeds winged at the top.

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1	Leaves glabrous or with simple hairs beneath. Calyx erect or spreading in fruit	(2)
+	Leaves stellate tomentose. Calyx reflexed in fruit	Lagerstroemia tomentosa

2 (1)	Petiole c. 0.4 mm. Hypanthium not ribbed. Calyx erect in fruit, herbaceous. Petals 16-25 mm long. Capsule 10-12 mm in diameter	Lagerstroemia indica
+	Petiole 5-9 mm. Hypanthium 12-ribbed. Calyx spreading in fruit, woody. Petals 32-35 mm long. Capsule 17-20 mm in diameter	Lagerstroemia speciosa

Lower Taxa

Lagerstroemia flos-reginae Retz. = Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.
Lagerstroemia indica L.
Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.
Lagerstroemia tomentosa C. Presl

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