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Alstroemeria Family

Alstroemeriaceae

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Erect or climbing herbs, with leafy stems. Leaves alternate, entire, often resupinate. Inflorescence a terminal bracteate cluster or raceme. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic. Perianth-segments in 2 whorls. Stamens 6. Ovary inferior. Fruit a capsule.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Alstroemeriaceae Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/family.php?family_id=245
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Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
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Petra Ballings
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