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Dictamnus Linn., Sp. Pl. 548. 1753. Gen. Pl. ed. 5.180.1754; Boiss., Fl. Or. 1:920.1867; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 1:487.1875; Townsend in Rech f., Fl. Iran. 36:1.1966; id. in Davis, Fl. Turk. 2:506.1967; id. in Tutin et al., Fl. Eur. 2:229.1968.
Perennial herbs. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, pellucid-punctate. Flowers large and showy in bracteate racemes. Sepals 5. Petals 5, the lowest declinate. Stamens free, 10. Ovary 5-locular; style slender. Capsule deeply 5-lobed, woody. Seeds subglobose, black.
A small genus comprising 6 species, distributed in SE. Europe, N. China, Siberia, Japan and Western Himalayas. Represented in Pakistan by a single species.
Lower Taxon
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