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Mendes, E.J. (1978) Haloragaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4
Herbs or undershrubs, often aquatic, monoecious, polygamous or dioecious. Stipules 0 (but see note under Myriophyllum). Leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, simple or pinnatifid. Calyx lobes and petals 2-4 or 0, free. Stamens (0-1-)2-4 or 8. Ovary inferior, 1-4-locular. Fruit a nutlet, indehiscent or breaking up into 2 or 4 one-seeded mericarps, or a drupe. Worldwide: 10 genera and 185 species, cosmopolitan but especially southern hemisphere. Malawi: 3 genera and 3 taxa. |
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