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1. Homalocladium (F. J. Muell.) L. H. Bailey in Gentes Herbarum. 2:56. 1929; Man. Cult. Pl. ed. 2. 351. 1949; Bhopal & Chaudhri in Pak. Syst. 1(2): 65. 1977.
Polygonum L. sect. Homalocladium F.J. Muell. in Trans. Philos. Inst. Vict. 2:73.
Shrubs with thin, flat, articulate, striate and glabrous phylloclades. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, entire, often lobed at the base. Flowers sessile, bisexual, in small greenish clusters; perianth segments 5-parted, accrescent in fruit. Stamens 8. Styles 3; stigmas 3, fimbriate. Nuts triangular, smooth, covered by enlarged, deep red or purplish perianth segments.
A monotypic genus, native to Solomon Islands.
Lower Taxon
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