Actinocarya is a small genus of annual herbs in the family Boraginaceae. Species in the genus are found in Pakistan, China, and India.[1]
| Actinocarya | |
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| Actioncarya tibetica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Subfamily: | Boraginoideae |
| Genus: | Actinocarya Benth. |
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Taxonomy
editThe genus is known in China as 锚刺果属 (mao ci guo shu).[2] There are two species in the genus:[1]
- Actinocarya acaulis (W.W.Sm.) I.M.Johnst.
- Actinocarya tibetica C.B.Clarke
Description
editThe species are annual herbs. They have slender and diffuse stems which sparsely short strigose or subglabrous. Their leaves alternate and are ovate-oblong to spatulate. They have thin pedicels and solitary, axillary flowers. Their calyx is 5-parted, slightly enlarged in fruit, and spreading. Their corolla is rotate-campanulate and the stamens are inserted into its tube; they have five throat appendages and fives lobes of limb spreading. Their ovaries are 4-parted, style are not exserted, and stigmas are subcapitate. They have four nutlets which are narrowly ovoid with glochids.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Actinocarya Benth. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
- ^ a b "Actinocarya in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
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