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10. Sagina L., Sp. Pl. 128. 1753. Gen. Pl. 176. 1754; Boiss. Fl. Or. 1:662. 1867: Edgew & Hook. f. in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 1:242. 1874: Steinb. in Dom., Fl. URSS. 6:471. 1936; Clapham & Jardine in Tutin et at., Fl Eur. 1: 146. 1964; Cullen in Davis, Fl. Turk. 2:90. 1967.
SHAHINA A. GHAZANFAR & YASIN J. NASIR
Small annual or perennial herbs. Leaves linear to subulate, opposite, ± connate. Flowers solitary or in few-flowered cymes, (solitary-2 in our species). Sepals 4-5, free. Petals 4-5, free, often minute or sometimes absent. Stamens 10(-5). Styles 4-5. Fruit a capsule, dehiscing to the base by 4-5 valves. Seeds minute, numerous.
A north temperate genus of 20-30 species, also in East & S. Africa, Himalaya, New Guinea and Andes. Represented in Pakistan by 2 species.
Lower Taxa
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