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Magnoliopsida
Duranta L.
EOL Text
Erect, or ± climbing, unarmed or spiny shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite or whorled, simple. Flowers in terminal or axillary racemes or panicles; bracts small. Calyx 5-toothed, persistent. Corolla zygomorphic; limb 2-lipped with 5 unequal lobes. Stamens 4-5. Ovary spherical, 8-10-locular. Fruit fleshy with 4-5 2-seeded pyrenes, tightly enclosed by the persistent calyx.
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:25
Specimens with Sequences:28
Specimens with Barcodes:25
Species:3
Species With Barcodes:3
Public Records:14
Public Species:3
Public BINs:0
Duranta is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae.[1] It contains 17 species of shrubs and small trees that are native from southern Florida to Mexico and South America. They are commonly cultivated as hedges and ornamental plants.
Selected species[edit]
- Duranta dombeyana Moldenke
- Duranta erecta L.
- Duranta serratifolia (Griseb.) Kuntze
- Duranta stenostachya Tod.
- Duranta triacantha Juss.[2]
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References[edit]
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- ^ a b "Genus: Duranta L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
- ^ "GRIN Species Records of Duranta". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
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