familyPhytolaccaceae
genusAgdestis
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Agdestis
Syst. Nat. 1: 511, 543. 1817.
Etymology: A mythi-cal hermaphrodite monster, in reference to the original inclusion in Menispermaceae, where it was the only genus with bisexual flowers
| Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
|---|---|---|
 | Agdestis clematidea Petiveria alliacea Phytolacca americana | Barbara Alongi Barbara Alongi Barbara Alongi |
Vines, perennial, semiwoody. Leaves alternate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary panicles, mostly 50–100-flowered. Flowers epigynous (hypogynous in all other genera); sepals 4 (–5); stamens 15–20; carpels (3–) 4, connate at least halfway proximally; ovary inferior (3–) 4-locular, eventually 1-locular by abortion of septa; style 1; stigmas (3–) 4. Fruits cypselas, turbinate, crowned by winglike sepals. Seed 1, by abortion of other (2–) 3 ovules.
Distribution
North America, Mexico, Central America
Discussion
Species 1.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
... more about "Agdestis"
veined +
connate +
halfway +
compound +
curved +
A mythi-cal hermaphrodite monster, in reference to the original inclusion in Menispermaceae, where it was the only genus with bisexual flowers +
symmetric +
epigynous +
crowned +
turbinate +
1-12[-18]-carpellate +
50-100-flowered +
alternate +
undulate +
basal +
inferior +
absent +
absent +
Syst. Nat. +
1817 +
winglike +
imbricate +
persistent +
unequal +
15;20 +
absent +
minute +
distinct +
Agdestis +
Phytolaccaceae +
genus +
perennial +
semiwoody +
1;2 +