Microtea subg. Microtea

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Microtea subg. Microtea

Microtea subg. Microtea sec. Sukhorukov & al. 20191
  • 1. Sukhorukov, A. P., Sennikov, A.N., Nilova, M.V., Mazei, Y., Kushunina, M., Marchioretto, M.S. & Hanáček, P. 2019: Evolutionary relationships and taxonomy of Microtea (Microteaceae), a basal lineage in the core Caryophyllales. – PhytoKeys 115: 1-50. http://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.115.29041
  • =Microtea subg. Moquinia Nowicke in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 55: 349. 1968 syn. sec. Sukhorukov & al. 20192
  • 2. Sukhorukov, A. P., Sennikov, A.N., Nilova, M.V., Mazei, Y., Kushunina, M., Marchioretto, M.S. & Hanáček, P. 2019: Evolutionary relationships and taxonomy of Microtea (Microteaceae), a basal lineage in the core Caryophyllales. – PhytoKeys 115: 1-50. http://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.115.29041

Description

Annuals, perennial herbs or dwarf subshrubs; bracteoles
present or absent; pedicels inconspicuous or very short (up to 1.3 mm long); flowers single per node (inflorescence a spike); stigmas 2(3), thick. The species are distributed across the (sub)tropical South America, in Central America and Antilles.A

Bibliography

A. Sukhorukov, A. P., Sennikov, A.N., Nilova, M.V., Mazei, Y., Kushunina, M., Marchioretto, M.S. & Hanáček, P. 2019: Evolutionary relationships and taxonomy of Microtea (Microteaceae), a basal lineage in the core Caryophyllales. – PhytoKeys 115: 1-50. http://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.115.29041