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Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Aphanes L., Sp. Pl. 123 (1753)
Description
Short-stemmed, hairy, annual herbs; branches often ± decumbent. Lvs mostly cauline, 3-partite, with each segment usually divided into several lobes; stipules broad, clasping, 5–7-lobed, adnate to petiole, persistent. Infl. of numerous, axillary, 5–15-flowered cymes forming glomerules, < to slightly > stipules. Fls 4–5-merous, small, greenish to yellowish, subsessile or pedicellate, ☿. Hypanthium urceolate to turbinate. Epicalyx present or 0. Calyx with 4–5, triangular sepals. Petals 0. Stamens 1–(2), inserted on inner margin of hypanthium disc. Ovary superior, surrounded by the deep hypanthium; carpel 1; style 1; ovule 1. Fr. a single achene enclosed in the thin, dry hypanthium.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 3 |
| Total | 3 |
Bibliography
Flora of North America Editorial Committee 2014: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.) Flora of North America. Vol. 9. Oxford University Press, New York.
Gehrke, B.; Bräuchler, C.; Romoleroux, K.; Lundberg, M.; Heubl, G.; Eriksson, T. 2008: Molecular phylogenetics of Alchemilla, Aphanes and Lachemilla (Rosaceae) inferred from plastid and nuclear intron and spacer DNA sequences, with comments on generic classification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47: 1030–1044.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
