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2966.000 Cardamine
Description of the genus
Annual to perennial herbs. Leaves pinnate (in ours), with basal leaves in a rosette. Inner sepals slightly saccate. Flowers white (in ours) in an ebracteate raceme. Stamens 4-6. Fruit a flattened siliqua, dehiscing explosively, the inconspicuously veined valves coiling spirally from the base. Seeds in 1 series. Worldwide: 200 species in temperate zones with some on tropical mountains Zimbabwe: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| africana L. | E | Description, Image |
| flexuosa With. | N,C,E | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Cardamine:
Our websites:
Flora of Mozambique: CardamineExternal websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): CardamineFlora Zambesiaca web site: Cardamine
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Cardamine
Wikipedia: Cardamine
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cardamine
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Cardamine
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