Homocodon
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Homocodon is a genus of plants belonging to the bellflower family(Campanulaceae). It includes two types that are common in southern China .
features
The homocodon species are annual herbaceous plants . The alternate, stalked leaves are simple and the edges are notched. The flowers sit on crowded, leafy side branches. The hermaphrodite flowers are fivefold. The sepals are spiky-toothed. The ovary is dreifächrig and the pen has three scars . The pollen has three to four pores ("porat"). The capsule fruit opens through pores or irregular slits.
species
- Homocodon brevipes (Hemsl.) DYHong : It occurs from Bhutan to south-central China.
- Homocodon pedicellatus D.Y. Hong et LMMa : It occurs in Sichuan .
literature
- DY Hong: Homocodon Hong, a new genus of Campanulaceae from China In: Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica . 18 (4) / 1980, pp. 473-475.
- TG Lammers: Campanulaceae In: The families and genera of vascular plants . Springer-Verlag, Berlin & Heidelberg 2007.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Homocodon. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved February 10, 2018.