Heterocaryum A.Dc.

Genus

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae

Characteristics

Herbs annual, hirsute, hairs tuberclelike at base. Stems erect or decumbent, branched. Cymes bracteate. Calyx 5-parted to base; lobes enlarged in fruit. Corolla funnelform to campanulate; throat appendages 5, trapeziform. Stamens included. Ovary 4-parted. Style short; stigma capitate. Gynobase columnar, low. Nutlets homomorphic or heteromorphic, dorsiventrally compressed, firmly coherent to gynobase along entire adaxial surface; abaxially discoid, with prickles or other appendages.
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Distribution

Heterocaryum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:4618-1
WFO ID wfo-4000017686
COL ID 7PK29
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Synonyms

Heterocaryum

Lower taxons

Heterocaryum laevigatum Heterocaryum x irregulare