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PEUCEDANUM L. p.p.
Cannon, J.F.M. (1978) Apiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4
Winter, P.J.D., Magee, A.R., Phephu, N., Tilney, P.M., Downie, S.R. & van Wyk, B.E. (2008) A New Generic Classification for African Peucedanoid Species (Apiaceae) Taxon 57(2) 347-364
Perennial with a woody rootstock. Leaves pinnate to sub-bipinnate or trisect with sharply toothed, acuminate leaflets. Umbels numerous, compound, pedunculate; involucre and involucel present, small. Calyx-teeth well-defined, conspicuous. Petals greenish, emarginate above with an incurved apical lobule. Fruit glabrous, slightly dorsally compressed, narrowly elliptic-fusiform, with a broad commissure; primary ribs broad and very obtuse. Endosperm dorsally compressed. Worldwide: Species 1, in tropical Africa. Burundi: 3 taxa. |
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aculeolatum (Engl.) P.J.D.Winter | ||
runssoricum (Engl.) P.J.D.Winter | ||
scottianum (Engl.) P.J.D.Winter |
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