Difference between revisions of "Ceratotheca"

Endlicher

Linnaea 7: 5. 1832.

Introduced
Etymology: Greek keratos, horned, and theke, case, alluding to barbed fruit
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 361.
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Revision as of 19:12, 16 December 2019

Annuals foul smelling. Stems erect or arching, puberulent, hairs glandular and eglandular. Leaves opposite proximally, opposite to subopposite distally. Inflorescences terminal, racemes [axillary, flowers solitary]. Pedicels often without paired nectaries at base; bracteoles present or absent. Flowers: calyx cupulate, lobes narrowly triangular; corolla purple to white; staminode 0(or 1), cylindric; style base not persistent. Capsules flattened, style base not enlarged, with 2, subapical horns. Seeds [20–]30–50, black [to brown], obovoid to pyriform, wings absent. x = 16.

Distribution

Fla., c, se Africa.

Discussion

Species 5 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.