Kallstroemia
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.
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Family
Zygophyllaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Genus Description - Prostrate, decumbent, or ascending annual herbs. Leaves opposite, evenly pinnate; leaflets oblique and opposite; stipules opposite, linear or subulate. Flowers 5-6-merous, bisexual, actinomorphic, long-peduncled, solitary, axillary; sepals distinct, greenish; petals yellow, obovate, deciduous; stamens twice as many as the petals, ascending, the ones alternating with the petals bearing a gland at base; ovary sessile, 8-12-locular, each locule with a single hanging ovule, the style short or long, stout. Fruit a schizocarp of 8-12 indehiscent, 1-seeded mericarps.
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Distribution
A genus of about 23 species with disjunct distribution in tropical and subtropical areas of the N e w World and Australia
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