Microtea subgen. Microtea
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Microtea subgen. Microtea |
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Microtea subgen. Moquinia Nowicke in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 55: 349 (1968). Type: M. paniculata Moq. (= M. celosioides (Spreng.) Moq. ex Sennikov & Sukhor.).
Description of the subgenus.
Annuals, perennial herbs or dwarf subshrubs; bracteoles present or absent; pedicels inconspicuous or very short (up to 1.3 mm long); flowers single per node (inflorescence a spike); stigmas 2(3), thick. The species are distributed across the (sub)tropical South America, in Central America and Antilles.
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