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Description
Shrublets. Leaves alternate. Stipules 0. Flowers small, solitary or in cymes. Perianth segments 5. Stamens 10, in pairs, alternating with the tepals. Ovary superior, consisting of (3-)5 carpels, with 1 pendulous ovule in each loculus. Styles (3) 5. Fruit a leathery loculicidal capsule, splitting at the top. Seeds 1, flattened, shiny and striate.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
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Locations of barcode samples
Collection Sites: world map showing specimen collection locations for Galenia
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| Specimen Records: | 3 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 3 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 3 |
| Public Records: | 0 |
| Species: | 2 |
| Species With Barcodes: | 2 |
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Galenia
Galenia is a genus of low growing perennial herbs in the family Aizoaceae. The genus is endemic to southern Africa.[1]
Species include:[2]:
- Galenia acutifolia Adamson
- Galenia affinis Sond.
- Galenia africana Galenia collina (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Walp.
- Galenia crystallina (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Fenzl
- Galenia cymosa Adamson
- Galenia dregeana Fenzl ex Sond.
- Galenia ecklonis Walp.
- Galenia exigua Adamson
- Galenia filiformis (Thunb.) Galenia fruticosa (L.f.) Sond.
- Galenia glandulifera Bittrich
- Galenia hemisphaerica Adamson
- Galenia herniariaefolia (C.Presl) Fenzl
- Galenia hispidissima Fenzl
- Galenia meziana K.Müll.
- Galenia namaensis Schinz
- Galenia portulacacea Fenzl
- Galenia procumbens L.f.
- Galenia prostrata G.Schellenb.
- Galenia pruinosa Sond.
- Galenia pubescens (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Druce – Galenia, Coastal Galenia
- Galenia rigida Adamson
- Galenia sarcophylla Fenzl
- Galenia secunda (L.f.) Sond.
- Galenia squamulosa (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Fenzl
- Galenia subcarnosa Adamson
References
- ^ "Galenia". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Galenia. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
- ^ "Galenia". African flowering plants database. http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/resultat.php?langue=an&efFamille=&efNom=Galenia&from=0. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
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