familyPedaliaceae
genusCeratotheca
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Ceratotheca
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.
| Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
|---|---|---|
 | Mazus pumilus Ceratotheca triloba Sesamum indicum | John Myers Barbara Alongi Barbara Alongi |
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
Introduced; Fla., c, se Africa
Discussion
Species 5 (1 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
... more about "Ceratotheca"
hypogynous +
absent +
absent +
symmetric +
cupulate +
flattened +
bilabiate +
symmetric +
purple;white +
straight +
sparse +
glabrous +
bisexual +
incomplete +
loculicidal +
eglandular +
mucilaginous +
true +
cauline +
3-lobed +
spreading +
triangular +
axile +
superior +
anatropous +
hypogynous +
connate +
absent +
2-carpellate +
Linnaea +
1832 +
axillary +
black +
30;50 +
obovoid;pyriform +
connate +
Introduced +
didynamous +
adnate +
glabrous +
absent +
cylindric +
puberulent +
2-lobed +
absent +
not persistent +
not enlarged +
Ceratotheca +
Pedaliaceae +
genus +
annual +
annual +
autotrophic +
stipitate-glandular +
not fleshy +
absent +