The taxonomic value of fruit structure in the Chinese endemic genus Dickinsia (Apiaceae) |
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| Authors: | M Liu B-E van Wyk P M Tilney |
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| Institution: | Department of Botany, Rand Afrikaans University, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2006 Republic of South Africa. |
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| Abstract: | The monotypic Dickinsia Franch. is misplaced in its current position in the tribe Hydrocotyleae and is transferred to the tribe Mulineae. Its mericarps are strongly dorsally compressed and the lateral ribs of each mericarp are much more prominent than the dorsal rib. The carpophore is free. These characters are typical for genera of the Mulineae but are obviously different from other genera of Hydrocotyleae, which all have laterally compressed mericarps, dorsal ribs which are more expanded than the lateral ribs and an absence of free carpophores. |
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