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

PORTULACACEAE

Fls perfect, regular or nearly so; solitary, or in cymes or racemes. Sepals 2, petals (4)-5-(6) rarely 0; stamens 5-10-(20); styles 2-8. Capsule unilocular; placentae basal; seeds 1- ∞ with cop. endosperm. Herbs with ± succulent us. opp. and exstipulate lvs. About 20 genera and 240 spp.; subcosmopolitan.

Key

1
Fls conspicuous, petals white to rose; seeds smooth, glossy
1. CLAYTONIA
Fls inconspicuous, petals greenish; seeds reticulate-tuberculate, ± shiny
2. MONTIA
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