2453.000 Polycarpon Loefl. ex L.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs. Stipules present, membranous. Leaves opposite, often in false whorls. Inflorescences of axillary or terminal many-flowered cymes. Sepals 5, with a broad, green, strongly marked keel and scarious margins. Petals much shorter than the sepals, up to 5 or occasionally 0, entire or emarginate. Stamens 3-5. Styles united below, with 3 arms. Capsule 3-valved.

Worldwide: 16 species, cosmopolitan

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
prostratum (Forssk.) Asch. & Schweinf.	B,E,S	Lk,W	Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Polycarpon
Flora of Caprivi: Polycarpon
Flora of Malawi: Polycarpon
Flora of Mozambique: Polycarpon
Flora of Zimbabwe: Polycarpon

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Polycarpon
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Polycarpon
JSTOR Plant Science: Polycarpon
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Polycarpon
Plants of the World Online: Polycarpon
Tropicos: Polycarpon
Wikipedia: Polycarpon

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Polycarpon.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=571, retrieved 25 November 2024

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