Thesiaceae
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.224.2.4 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/12332317-FFBD-9441-1898-1D58B9ECF906 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Thesiaceae |
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Key to the Genera of Thesiaceae View in CoL
1. Leaves opposite to subopposite; leafy sepals prominent on carpellate flowers .................................................................... Buckleya View in CoL
- Leaves (or in squamate taxa, scales) alternate (rarely subopposite, e.g. Thesium imbricatum View in CoL ); sepals absent (rarely present and vestigial in a few taxa, e.g. T. wilczekianum View in CoL and T. libericum View in CoL ), not leafy..........................................................................................2
2. Subshrubs, herbaceous perennials, herbaceous annuals; leaves without a distinct petiole (sessile); fruiting pedicel often swollen forming an elaiosome; fruit surface often with prominent venation (exceptions to latter two in Thesium Sect. Kunkeliella ) ............ ................................................................................................................................................................................................ Thesium View in CoL
- Compact shrubs or scrambling subshrubs; leaves with distinct petioles; fruiting pedicel not swollen into an elaiosome; fruit surface smooth without prominent venation...................................................................................................................................................3
3. Scrambling subshrubs; leaf blades flat, lamina broad, not succulent and caducous; petiole> 4 mm long; placenta twisted its entire length ............................................................................................................................................................................. Osyridicarpos View in CoL
- Compact shrubs; leaf blades terete, lamina fusiform, succulent and caducous; petiole <4 mm long; placenta twisted in upper half ..................................................................................................................................................................................... Lacomucinaea View in CoL
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