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Montinia Thunb.

Genus

Angiosperms > Solanales > Montiniaceae

Characteristics

Female flowers terminal or subterminal, solitary or in groups of 2(3); calyx-tube fusiform, calyx-lobes usually 4; petals as in the male; disk epigynous; staminodes usually 4; gynoecium bicarpellary, 2-locular; style short, 2-branched; stigmas large; ovules numerous, 2-seriate.
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Male flowers in terminal and subterminal corymbose inflorescences; calyx-tube expanded, usually 4-lobed; petals usually 4, imbricate; disk fleshy, lining the calyx-tube; stamens usually 4, alternipetalous, inserted below the margin of the disk; anthers extrorse.
Capsule ellipsoid, 2-valved, loculicidal; seeds compressed, winged; cotyledons broadly oblong, apex obtuse.
Leaves alternate, simple, usually petiolate.
Dioecious shrub.
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Images

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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:28518-1
WFO ID wfo-4000024798
COL ID 5V23
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Synonyms

Montinia

Lower taxons

Montinia caryophyllacea
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