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Mendes, E.J. (1978) Haloragaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4
Herbs or undershrubs, often aquatic, monoecious, polygamous or dioecious. Stipules 0 (but see note under Myriophyllum). Leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, simple or pinnatifid. Calyx lobes and petals 2-4 or 0, free. Stamens (0-1-)2-4 or 8. Ovary inferior, 1-4-locular. Fruit a nutlet, indehiscent or breaking up into 2 or 4 one-seeded mericarps, or a drupe. Worldwide: 10 genera and 185 species, cosmopolitan but especially southern hemisphere. Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated genera and 0 cultivated taxa. |
No image of a cultivated species but there is an image of a native or naturalised species |
| Genus | Content |
| Gunnera L. | Description |
| Myriophyllum L. | Description |
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