Agdestis Moc. & Sessé ex Dc.

Agdestis (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Phytolaccaceae

Characteristics

Vines, perennial, semiwoody. Leaves alternate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary panicles, mostly 50-100-flowered. Flowers epigynous (hypogynous in all other genera); sepals 4(-5); stamens 15-20; carpels (3-)4, connate at least halfway proximally; ovary inferior (3-)4-locular, eventually 1-locular by abortion of septa; style 1; stigmas (3-)4. Fruits cypselas, turbinate, crowned by winglike sepals. Seed 1, by abortion of other (2-)3 ovules.
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Distribution

Agdestis world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327319-2
WFO ID wfo-4000000929
COL ID QMW
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Synonyms

Agdestis

Lower taxons

Agdestis clematidea