Ammannia

  • Authority

    Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.

  • Family

    Lythraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Ammannia

  • Description

    Genus Description - glabrous annual herbs; stems 4-angled. Leaves opposite, sessile, lanceolate or oblanceolate, entire; stipules wanting. Flowers 4-5-merous, in axillary fascicles or cymes; hypanthium bell-shaped, becoming globose in fruit; calyx with accessory teeth or these lacking; petals 4 or wanting, early deciduous; stamens 4 or 8; style exserted or included. Capsule irregularly dehiscent, with thin, smooth wall. A genus of about 25 species with worldwide distribution.