familyBrassicaceae
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Brassicaceae tribe Lunarieae
Fl. Belg., 119. 1827.
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 596.
Biennials or, rarely, annuals [perennials]; eglandular. Trichomes simple. Cauline leaves petiolate or sessile; blade base not auriculate, margins dentate. Racemes usually ebracteate, elongated in fruit. Flowers actinomorphic; sepals erect, lateral pair strongly saccate basally; petals usually purple, rarely lavender or white [violet], claw present, distinct; filaments unappendaged, not winged; pollen 3-colpate. Fruits silicles, dehiscent, unsegmented, latiseptate; ovules 4–8 per ovary; style distinct; stigma 2-lobed [entire]. Seeds biseriate, (funicle adnate to septum); cotyledons accumbent.
Distribution
Introduced; Europe
Discussion
Genus 1, species 3 (1 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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hypogynous +
dithecal +
dehiscing +
opposite +
absent +
not auriculate +
absent +
woody +
well-developed +
distinct +
absent +
accumbent +
3[2]-fid +
absent +
Europe +
absent +
median +
actinomorphic +
bisexual +
dehiscent +
distinct +
absent +
racemose +
true +
pungent +
watery +
absent +
connivent +
spreading +
decurrent +
dentate +
pinnatifid +
absent +
1-seeded +
receptacular +
variable +
eseptate +
parietal +
apical +
4;8 +
decussate +
absent +
hypogynous +
alternate +
absent +
rudimentary +
cruciform +
2-carpellate +
3-colpate +
Fl. Belg., +
1827 +
ebracteate +
coiled +
accumbent +
conduplicate +
incumbent +
tiny +
indistinct +
slender +
biseriate +
saccate +
distinct +
erect +
lateral +
absent +
reduced +
longitudinal +
tetradynamous +
equal +
prostrate +
2-lobed +
absent +
persistent +
distinct +
absent +
obsolete +
Brassicaceae tribe Lunarieae +
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stellate +
dehiscing +
anastomosing +
eglandular +
submerged +