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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Nyctaginaceae

NYCTAGINACEAE

Fls perfect or unisexual, us. cymose, often involucrate. Calyx tubular, often petaloid; petals 0; stamens 1 - ∞. Ovary superior, 1-celled; ovule solitary, erect. Fr. a nut-like achene, sts enclosed in persistent calyx-tube, often glandular; embryo large. Herbs, shrubs or trees with simple, exstipulate, us. opp. lvs. About 20 genera, mainly of America.

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