e-Key v3 - Phlyctidocarpa
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Apiaceae - Apioideae - Phlyctidocarpa Cannon & W.L.Theobald

Description :

  • Annual, erect herbs, 0.5-0.6 m tall, glabrous
  • Leaves 3-pinnate, up to 80 mm long, with broad, sheathing base; pinnae linear-lanceolate, remotely toothed
  • Flowers in compound, bracteate umbels, rays 10-30 mm long; peduncles 5-10 mm long; flowers of the terminal umbels bisexual, some of the laterals male
  • Calyx with rudimentary teeth
  • Corolla yellow
  • Disc obsolete
  • Fruit elongate, up to 3 mm long; mericarps semicircular in section, densely covered with rows of cone-shaped papillae; oil ducts large, 1 in each furrow, 2 on face

Nomenclature:

  • Phlyctidocarpa Cannon & W.L.Theobald
    • Cannon & Theobald: 479 (1967)
    • Schreiber: 7 (1967)
    • Burtt: 240 (1991)
    • Pimenov & Leonov: 88 (1993)

Distribution & Notes:

  • Southern Africa : Species 1: Phlyctidocarpa flava Cannon & W.L.Theob., endemic to Namibia: Outjo and Kaokoveld

References:

  • BURTT, B.L. 1991. Umbelliferae of southern Africa: an introduction and annotated checklist. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 48
  • CANNON J.F.M. & THEOBALD, W.L. 1967. Phlyctidocarpa - a new monotypic genus of the Umbelliferae from S.W. Africa. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 6
  • PIMENOV, M.G. & LEONOV, M.V. 1993. The genera of the Umbelliferae . A nomenclator . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • SCHREIBER, A. 1967. Apiaceae . Prodromus einer Flora von Südwestafrika 103