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2. Halodule Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 1368. 1841.
二药藻属 er yao zao shu
Diplanthera Thouars (1806), not Gleditsch (1764).
Rhizomes branched, rooting at nodes. Shoots erect, with 2 scales at base. Leaves 1-4, alternate, flattened, linear, 3-veined, margin toothed at apex; sheaths compressed, auriculate, ligulate. Flowers solitary and terminal, enclosed in a leaf. Male flowers consisting of 2 unequally inserted anthers, without filament; pollen filiform. Female flowers subsessile; style simple. Fruitlet laterally subcompressed, with bony pericarp, beaked.
About seven species: throughout most tropical regions; two species in China.
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Leaf apex trifid, lateral teeth conspicuous, leaves 0.8-1.4 mm wide; styles 3-4 mm, apical. |
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1 H. uninervis |
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Leaf apex truncate or obtuse, lateral teeth inconspicuous, leaves 0.5-0.8 mm wide; styles ca. 1.3 mm, lateral. |
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2 H. pinifolia |
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Lower Taxa
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