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Mayaca Aubl.

Mayaca (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Poales > Mayacaceae

Characteristics

Slender moss-like herbs, the stems submerged or floating in fresh water, also growing in swamps. Leaves spiral, narrow, 1-nerved, minutely emarginate, sessile. Flowers perfect, axillary, solitary or in clusters, the pedicels slender, bracteate. Sepals 3, equal. Petals 3, equal. Stamens 3, hypogynous, alternate with the petals; filaments free, somewhat dilated at the base; anthers basifixed, 4-celled, dehiscing by a single apical or subapical pore. Ovary superior, 1-celled; ovules several on 3 parietal placentae. Fruit a 3-gonal, septicidal capsule.
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Herbs, aquatic or terrestrial. Leaves spirally arranged, many ranked; blade linear to filiform, apex commonly 2-fid. Inflorescences: solitary flowers, morphologically terminal, soon appearing lateral because of sympodial growth of shoots. Flowers: sepals subvalvate; petals imbricate, shortly clawed; nectar and nectaries absent; stamens antisepalous; filaments slender, glabrous; anthers basifixed, sometimes at end of tubular, apical appendage; styles terminal; stigmas terminal. Fruits 3-valved. Seeds ovoid to globose; seed coat reticulate.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Images

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Distribution

Mayaca world distribution map, present in Angola, Åland Islands, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:26130-1
WFO ID wfo-4000023389
COL ID 8VZ7G
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INPN ID 730630
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Synonyms

Mayaca Syena

Lower taxons

Mayaca fluviatilis Mayaca kunthii Mayaca longipes Mayaca sellowiana Mayaca baumii
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