Aizoaceae
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Description
1720 spp.
Growing form
Herbs or shrubs; leaf succulents
Leaf
Leaves: very succulent; usually opposite; simple; base membranous, surrounding the stem; usually no stipules.
Flower
Bisexual. Flower: either 5 tepals (green outside and colored inside) or numerous petaloid staminodes; stamens 5 to many; ovary superior or inferior
Fruit and seed
A capsule
Source: Pinkka e-learning: Tropical plant families (EKOL4311, University of Turku) - All tropical plant families
Observations in Finland
The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map.
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Observations
- Total squares
Species card
Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Aizoaceae
Author
Martinov
Vernacular names
- päivikkikasvit (Finnish)
- isörtsväxter (Swedish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.38020
Taxon rank
family
Occurrence in Finland
Collected from Finland
DNA barcode sequences
Informal groups
- Vascular plants
Taxon information in machine-readable form
Number of Finnish species at lower taxonomic levels
Subordinate taxa