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2433.000 Sagina
Description of the genus
Small, annual or perennial, often tufted, herbs. Stipules 0. Leaves linear-subulate, opposite and connate. Inflorescence of dichasial cymes or (in ours) solitary and terminal. Flowers 4-5-merous. Sepals free. Petals minute, white, entire, sometimes 0. Stamens as many as or twice as many as the sepals. Styles 4-5, alternating with the sepals. Capsule splitting to the base into as many valves as styles. Worldwide: c.20 species in northern temperate zones and on mountains in the tropics. Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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Other sources of information about Sagina:
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): SaginaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Sagina
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sagina
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Sagina
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Sagina
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sagina
JSTOR Plant Science: Sagina
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sagina
Plants of the World Online: Sagina
Tropicos: Sagina
Wikipedia: Sagina
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