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Urophysa
Sign in to saveUrophysa is a genus of perennial flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae, endemic to China.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRanunculales
- FamilyRanunculaceae
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Ranunculaceae
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- taxon name
- Urophysa
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- 尾囊草属
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- Subdivision
- Distribution and habitat
- Conservation
- Ecology
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Urophysa is a genus of perennial flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae, endemic to China.
==Description== Urophysa are perennial herbaceous plants with robust, more or less woody rhizomes. The basal leaves have three leaflets with long stalks which have a sheath at the base. The plants usually produce several scapes. The inflorescences form umbels with 1–3 flowers, each with five blue (or sometimes pinkish-white in U. henryi) sepals and five petals. The petals have either a small sac or a short, hooked nectar spur at the base. The flowers have smooth stamens, ellipsoid anthers, and around seven staminodes. The seeds are densely wrinkled.
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