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Electronic Flora of South Australia genus Fact Sheet

Family: Brassicaceae
Cuphonotus

Citation: O. Schulz, Bot. Jb. 66:92 (1933).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Annual herbs, glabrous or with simple hairs.

Sepals spreading, equal; petals not clawed; stamens 6; median glands present.

Silicula dehiscent; septum slightly narrowed; valves slightly keeled; seeds 3-7 per locule, in 2 rows, mucous; radicle incumbent. (Shaw (1974) Contr. Gray Herb. 205:154-158).

Distribution:  Endemic, with 2 (possibly 3) species in Australia.

Biology: No text

Key to Species:
1. Plants hairy; petals 1-1.5 mm long; silicula valves nearly smooth
C. andraeanus 1.
1. Plants glabrous; petals 2-3 mm long; silicula valves coarsely reticulate
C. humistratus 2.

Author: Not yet available


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