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Connarus
Sign in to saveConnarus is a genus of plants in the family Connaraceae with a pan-tropical distribution.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderOxalidales
- FamilyConnaraceae
Connarus es un género de plantas fanerógamas perteneciente a la familia de las connaráceas. Comprende 272 especies descritas y de estas, solo 100 aceptadas.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,141
- With media
- 509
- Family
- Connaraceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, NY, US, UFERSA, UNIVASF, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA)
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Brazil, Brasil, Zambia, Colombia, United States, Philippines, Indonesia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Connaraceae
- Image
- Connarus fecundus.jpg
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- taxon name
- Connarus
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Connarus
- topic's main category
- Category:Connarus
- taxon common name
- 牛栓藤属
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
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Connarus is a genus of plants in the family Connaraceae with a pan-tropical distribution.
==Description== Plants in this genus are vines, shrubs or small trees. Leaves are compound, either trifoliate or imparipinnate. The inflorescences are panicles, usually or , individual flowers are bisexual (i.e. each having both male and female organs), pentamerous (with five parts), and covered with glands; petals are free of each other, there are ten stamens in two whorls, the inner whorl shorter, and one carpel. The fruit are flattened follicles, often with a at the base and a small beak at the apex, opening on a longitudinal suture. Seeds one, black with a fleshy yellow sarcotesta.
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