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10. Nonea Medicus, Philos. Bot. 1:31. 1789. C. B. Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 4:169.1883; Riedl in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 110:527-529.1963; in Rech. f., Fl. Iran. 48:241.1967; Kazmi in J. Arn. Arb. 52:670.1971; A. Baytop in Davis, Fl. Turk. 6:404.1978.
YASIN J. NASIR
Annual or perennial herbs with hispid-glandular to vinous parts. Flowers racemose, actinomorphic. Calyx 5-fid, accrescent in fruit. Corolla tubular to campanulate-funnelform, the throat with 5 hairy appendages or scales; tube basally with a ring of hairs (annulus) or not; lobes 5; imbricate in bud, Stamens 5, included. Ovary prominently 4-lobed, style slender, stigma ± bilobed. Nutlets 4, transversely erect or subhorizontal, rugose, with a basal (ventral) scar, surrounded by a ring-like collar.
25 species found in Europe, Asia and N. Africa; mainly Mediterranean. Represented in Pakistan by 4-5 species.
For correct identification, flower and fruiting material is desirable along with adequate notes on the flower colour and size.
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Flowers white |
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Flowers red or dark blue to purplish |
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Nutlets 23-3 mm long; basal ring with collar 1.5-2 mm high, not denticulate at margin |
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2 Nonea turcomanica |
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Nutlets c. 4 mm long; basal ring with collar less than 1 mm high, denticulate at marign |
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1 Nonea edgeworthii |
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Throat appendages quite prominent with hairs exserted from corolla throat |
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4 Nonea kandaharensis |
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Corolla with l ring of hairs (annulus) internally at
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3 Nonea caspica |
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Corolla without a ring of hairs internally at the base |
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5 Nonea pulla |
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