Studies in Flora of Thailand. Taccaceae

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  • Chamlong Phengklai The Forest HerbariumRoyal Forest Department.

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Taccaceae, study in Thai flora

Abstract

Perennial herb with creeping or tuberous rhizome. Leaves rosulate entire or much-lobed with long petiole. Inflorescence in 4 or many umbels with involucral bracts. Flowers regular, bisexual, perianth funnel-shaped or globose with 6 persistent lobes. Stamens 6, epipetalous. Ovary inferior, 1-celled, 3 carpellary, apotropous with anatropous ovules; style single with 3 reflexed stigmata. Fruit indehiscent with many seeds.

A monogeneric family with 20 species mostly occurred in the tropics throughout the Old World, very rare in South America. In Thailand, sofar only 5 species have been recorded.

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Author Biography

Chamlong Phengklai, The Forest HerbariumRoyal Forest Department.

The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department, Bangkok 9, Thailand.

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How to Cite

Phengklai, C. (2014). Studies in Flora of Thailand. Taccaceae. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany), (13), 23–33. Retrieved from https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/ThaiForestBulletin/article/view/25111

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