Alchemilla sect. Parvifoliae
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Alchemilla sect. Parvifoliae is a section native to Africafrom the genus Lady's mantle ( Alchemilla ).
features
They are small, perennial , herbaceous plants with long jointed main axes. The leaves have long stalks and are relatively small. The stipules are hardly fused and membranous. In the bud , the leaf primordium is surrounded by the sheath of the next older leaf, but the leaf blade is always outside its own leaf sheath.
The outer sepals are only slightly smaller than the sepals . The goblet is slightly hairy and slightly narrowed at the top. There are one to four carpels , the stigma is spherical.
Occurrence
The section occurs in the East African mountains.
supporting documents
- Alexander A. Notov, Tatyana V. Kusnetzova: Architectural units, axiality and their taxonomic implications in Alchemillinae . Wulfenia 11, 2004, pp. 85-130. ISSN 1561-882X
- Sigurd Fröhner: Alchemilla . In: Hans. J. Conert et al. a. (Ed.): Gustav Hegi. Illustrated flora of Central Europe. Volume 4 Part 2B: Spermatophyta: Angiospermae: Dicotyledones 2 (3). Rosaceae 2 . Blackwell 1995, p. 16. ISBN 3-8263-2533-8