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Magnoliopsida
Gomphrena L.
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Description:
Perennial herb with entire, opposite leaves. Inflorescences subspherical, elongating to become cylindric, subtended (in ours) by a pair of sessile leaves. Bracts present, persistent in fruit. Flowers bisexual, each solitary in the axil of each bract. Bracteoles 2, laterally flattened, winged (in ours) along the dorsal surface of the midrib. Tepals 5, erect, free or almost so, ± lanate on the back. Stamens 5. Seeds ovoid, flattened.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage:
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:36
Specimens with Sequences:48
Specimens with Barcodes:32
Species:16
Species With Barcodes:16
Public Records:22
Public Species:16
Public BINs:0
Gomphrena:
Gomphrena[1][2]/ɡɒmˈfriːnə/[3] the Globe amaranths, is a genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae.
Species include:
- Gomphrena celosioides
- Gomphrena globosa - Globe amaranth
- Gomphrena haageana - Strawberry globe amaranth
- Gomphrena perennis - Glyphosate resistant
- Gomphrena serrata
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Notes[edit]
- ^ "Gomphrena". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Gomphrena at USDA PLANTS Database
- ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
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