Loasaceae
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Description
350 spp.
Growing form
Scandent herbs
Leaf
Stinging hairs. Leaves: opposite at least basally; serrate and/ or deeply toothed and/or lobed; no stipules.
Flower
Bisexual. Flower: 4-7 petals basally fused to a tube; 4-5 free cup-shaped petals; many stamens with long filaments, often fused into conspicuous nectaries; ovary inferior.
Fruit and seed
Fruit a capsule opening by apicoal pores (or longitudinal slits), often with sticky hooked hairs.
Source: Pinkka e-learning: Tropical plant families (EKOL4311, University of Turku) - All tropical plant families
Observations in Finland
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Observations
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Species card
Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Loasaceae
Author
Juss.
Vernacular names
- haimiokasvit (Finnish)
- brännreveväxter (Swedish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.4986564
Taxon rank
family
DNA barcode sequences
Informal groups
- MVL.343
Taxon information in machine-readable form
Subordinate taxa