5918.000 Sanicula L.

Description of the genus

Erect or decumbent herbs. Leaves (in ours) with long petioles, ternate to palmate. Inflorescence of irregular compound umbels with few, unequal rays. Partial umbels composed of bisexual and male flowers. Fruit ovoid, with hooked spines.

Worldwide: 39 species, ± cosmopolitan.

Sanicula elata

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elata Buch.-Ham. ex D.DonEDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Sanicula:

Flora of Mozambique: Sanicula
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Sanicula
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Sanicula
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Sanicula
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sanicula
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Sanicula

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Sanicula.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1035, retrieved 25 May 2013

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