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(Last Modified On 1/28/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/28/2013)
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Genus
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MOLLUGO L.
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Sp. Pl. 89. 1753.
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Synonym
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Galiastrum Heist. ex Fabricius, Enum. PI. Hort. Helmst. 108. 1759. Lampetia Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3:34. 1836.
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Description
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Herbaceous or suffruticose plants, glabrous throughout. Leaves simple, basal or pseudoverticellate, generally linear; stipules deciduous. Inflorescences axillary, cymose. Flowers bisexual, pedicellate. Perianth 5-parted, distinct to the base, imbricate, scarious at the margins, lacking appendages. Stamens 3-10, united at the base. Ovary superior, 3- to 5-loculate, the ovules campylotropous, numerous on the axile placenta. Capsule loculicidal; seeds generally numerous, small, estrophiolate.
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Distribution
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About 25 species in the temperate and tropical regions of both hemispheres.
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