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Key to families | Table of families and genera This text currently parallels The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California, Second Edition that is now available at the University of California Press. Text appearing in blue on this page will not appear in the printed book; it will be displayed only on the Web. Specimen numbers are hyperlinked to records in the Consortium of California Herbaria data view where possible. Taxa are hyperlinked to entries in the Jepson Interchange via the "[Online Interchange]" link. |
Annual to shrub [ vine].
Leaf: simple, generally in basal rosette ( cauline), entire or lobed.
Inflorescence: raceme, cyme, or panicle ( head-like in Armeria), generally scapose.
Flower: bisexual, radial, generally small; calyx tubular, generally membranous or partly scarious, lobes 5, persistent; petals 5, ± free to ± fused, clawed, ± intertwined; stamens 5, opposite petals, occasionally epipetalous; ovary superior, generally 5-lobed or -ribbed, chamber and ovule 1, styles 5, occasionally fused.
Fruit: utricle, achene, or capsule, ± enclosed in calyx.
27 genera, ± 1000 species: ± worldwide, especially Medit, w&c Asia. [Lledo et al. 1998 Syst Bot 23:21–29] Some cultivated as ornamental (Limonium used as dried flower). —Scientific Editors: Douglas H. Goldman, Bruce G. Baldwin.
1. Infl head-like, on unbranched, scapose peduncle; leaf linear ..... ARMERIA
1' Infl a raceme or panicle, branched; leaf oblanceolate to obovate
2. Lvs appearing all basal, cauline leaves generally reduced to bract-like scales; corolla > calyx by 0–4 mm ..... LIMONIUM
2' Lvs cauline; corolla > calyx by 25–50 mm ..... [PLUMBAGO]
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