Trifolium sect. Paramesus
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Trifolium sect. Paramesus is a section in the genus Klee ( Trifolium ). It contains only two species from Eurasia. Some authors suggestincludingthem in the Lotoidea section. Characteristics are the glandular teeth on the stipules and on the calyx.
description
Species of the Paramesus section are annual , herbaceous plants . The stipules are serrated glandular. Bracts are present and tiny.
The flowers are sessile. The calyx is ten-nerved and toothed glandular. The calyx tube is open and the calyx teeth are unequal. The petals of the butterfly blossom are fused at the base.
The legumes have two seeds and protrude from the calyx.
Systematics
The type of section is the stiff clover ( Trifolium strictum L.). Most closely related is probably the Lotoidea section .
The two types of section are:
- Trifolium glanduliferum Boiss.
- Stiff clover ( Trifolium strictum L.)
literature
- Michael Zohary, David Heller: The Genus Trifolium . The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities , Jerusalem 1984, ISBN 965-208-056-X , pp. 268 ff .