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Published In: Species Plantarum 1: 146. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 4/20/2009)
Item State : Description complete
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 2/11/2016)
Estatus : Nativa
Life Form : Hierba
Tropicos Lookup Reference :
Flora Index Page Info : 4(1)-569
ContributorText : A.R. Vickery
Contributor : A.R. Vickery

 

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1. Lysimachia L.

Por A.R. Vickery.

Hierbas generalmente perennes, erectas o procumbentes. Hojas alternas (Mesoamérica). Inflorescencia racemosa o corimboso-paniculada. Flores axilares o terminales, blancas o amarillas; cáliz y corola 5(-6)-partidos; estambres 5(6), generalmente más cortos que la corola; anteras oblongas; ovario globoso u ovoide, generalmente 5-valvado. Aprox. 150 spp. Cosmopolita, en regiones templadas y subtropicales.

La única especie en Mesoamérica es Lysimachia steyermarkii.

Bibliografía: Ray, J.D. Illinois Biol. Monogr. 24(3-4): 1-160 (1956).

 
 
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