Acronema Falc. ex Edgew.

Genus

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae

Characteristics

Herbs biennial or perennial, essentially glabrous. Rhizome tuberous, globose or conic, roots fibrous. Stem erect, ribbed. Basal leaves petiolate, sheathed at base; blade broad-triangular or broad-ovate, 1–3-ternate-pinnate; ultimate segments of distal leaves often linear. Umbels compound, terminal and lateral; bracts and bracteoles often absent; rays unequal. Calyx teeth obsolete or conspicuous, triangular. Petals white or purple-red, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, apex long-linear or long-aristate, rarely acute or obtuse, stated petal lengths include the apex. Stylopodium depressed or low-conic; styles short, reflexed. Fruit ovoid, broad-ovoid, ovoid-oblong or oblong-elliptic, slightly flattened laterally, glabrous; ribs 5, filiform; vittae 1–3 in each furrow, 2–4 on commissure. Seed face plane. Carpophore usually bifid or 2-parted.
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