familyLimnanthaceae
genusFloerkea
Show Lower Taxa
Floerkea
Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften 3: 448. 1801.
Etymology: For Heinrich Gustav Floerke, 1764–1835, German lichenologist
| Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
|---|---|---|
 | Moringa oleifera Carica papaya Floerkea proserpinacoides | Barbara Alongi Linny Heagy Barbara Alongi |
Stems decumbent to erect. Leaves ternate or pinnately lobed; leaflet blade oblanceolate to elliptic, sometimes 2–3-parted, margins entire. Pedicels spreading or nodding. Flowers: sepals 3, lanceolate to ovatelanceolate; petals 3, shorter than sepals; nectary glands antisepalous; stamens 3 or 6; ovary 3-lobed. Fruits mericarps, ovoid-globose, tuberculate or rugulose (especially distally). x = 5.
Discussion
Species 1.
Lower Taxa
... more about "Floerkea"
hypogynous +
tetrasporangiate +
absent +
absent +
North America +
absent +
distinct +
glabrous +
actinomorphic +
bisexual +
rotate +
ovoid-globose +
ridged +
single +
absent +
axillary +
ternate +
pinnate +
alternate +
lobed +
antisepalous +
absent +
basal +
3-lobed +
unitegmic +
anatropous +
absent +
hypogynous +
convolute +
distinct +
shorter +
equal +
absent +
2-4-aperturate +
Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften +
1801 +
not arillate +
persistent +
lanceolate;ovatelanceolate +
unequal +
equal +
longitudinal +
unbranched +
3;5 +
absent +
Floerkea +
Limnanthaceae +
genus +
annual +