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Stellera L., Sp. Pl. 559. 1753. Gen. Pl. ed. 5:168. 1754; Boiss., Fl. Or. 4:1050. 1876; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 5:196. 1886; Hutch., Gen. Flow. Pl. 2:255. 1968.
Xaiasme Ral.
Perennial herbs. Leaves alternate. Flowers bisexual, in terminal heads; involucral bracts absent. Calyx tube cylindric, at length splitting transversely above the ovary, 4 lobed. Stamens 8, rarely more, 2 seriate. Disc linear to lanceolate, unilateral, rarely 2 fid. Ovary subsessile, unilocular; style short; stigma capitate. Fruit dry, enclosed by the persistent calyx base.
A genus of 2 species; N. Asia to China and India, W. Pakistan. Repre¬sented in W. Pakistan by 1 species only.
Lower Taxon
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