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Connarus
Sign in to saveConnarus is a genus of plants in the family Connaraceae with a pan-tropical distribution.
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- 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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- 牛栓藤属
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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.