Magnoliopsida
Geophila D. Don
EOL Text
Description:
Herbs with prostrate stems rooting at the nodes, usually occurring on the forest floor. Stipules interpetiolar. Leaves opposite, ovate to reniform with a cordate base; petiole usually long. Flowers borne on long peduncles, solitary or in a terminal umbel surrounded by an involucre of bracts. Calyx 4-7-lobed. Corolla cylindric or funnel-shaped; lobes 4-7. Ovary 2-locular; each loculus with one ovule. Stigma lobes 2. Fruit a fleshy drupe.
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Rights holder/Author | Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings, Flora of Zimbabwe |
Source | http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1416 |
Statistics of barcoding coverage:
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:16
Specimens with Sequences:15
Specimens with Barcodes:14
Species:6
Species With Barcodes:5
Public Records:3
Public Species:2
Public BINs:0