Description
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Perennial herb or subshrub. Stipules caducous or 0. Leaves alternate, with impressed submarginal glands towards the base. Flowers axillary, solitary, usually heterostylous. Pedicel articulated at the apex of a peduncle bearing 2-4 bracteoles. Sepals connate near the base. Petals inserted at the throat of the calyx-tube; corona of 10 scales at the base of the petals. Ovules many-ovulate. Capsule spherical to elliptic, 3-valved. Seeds slightly curved; aril whitish.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Piriqueta Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=986
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Piriqueta: Brief Summary
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Piriqueta is a genus of flowering plants belonging to Turneroideae (Passifloraceae).
Its native range is Tropical and Subtropical America, Europe to Central Asia and Turkey.
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