Scientific name Calligonum Rank Genus | Subfamily Polygonoideae | |
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Similar Calligonum polygonoides, Haloxylon, Polygonaceae, Calligonum comosum, Alhagi | ||
Plants of oman calligonum comosum
Calligonum is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae with about 80 species across the Mediterranean Sea region, Asia and North America.
Contents
- Plants of oman calligonum comosum
- Tertiary ingredients of calligonum polygonoides formuls pankaj oudhia s medicinal plant database
- Characteristics
- Systematics
- References
Tertiary ingredients of calligonum polygonoides formuls pankaj oudhia s medicinal plant database
Characteristics
Plants of the Calligonum genus are shrubs, diffusely but irregularly branched, with flexuous woody branches. Leaves are simple, opposite, nearly sessile, linear or scale-like, sometimes absent or very small, linear or filiform, distinct or united with short membranous ochreae. Flowers are bisexual, solitary or in loose axillary inflorescences. Flowers have persistent, 5-parted perianths not accrescent in fruit, and 10-18 stamens with filaments connate at the base. The ovary is tetragonous.
Systematics
The species include:
References
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