Polyactium
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Polyactium
refers to the star-like,
many-flowered non-branched inflorescences of most species in this
section. Plants with naked underground tubers and reduced perennial
stems above ground, in one case with swollen stems and no tubers. Never
spiny, but with persistent petioles or stipules. Leaves lobed or
pinnately divided. Flowers with subequal petals, with hypanthium longer
than pedicel, night-scented. 6-7 fertile stamens. Basic chromosome
number, x = 11. The section is further divided - see a
separate page on the subsections of Polyactium.
aconitiphyllum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. syn. luridum (Andr.) Sweet aconitophyllum Harv. syn. luridum (Andr.) Sweet amatymbicum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Harv. amoenum Salisb. syn. lobatum (Burm.f.) L'Herit. anethifolium (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. angulosum Szyszyl nom. inval., syn. luridum (Andr.) Sweet arenarium Eckl. & Zeyh. syn. lobatum (Burm.f.) L'Herit. arenicola (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. syn. pulverulentum Colv. ex Sweet benguellense (Welw. ex Oliv.) Warb. syn. luridum (Andr.) Sweet bicolor (Jacq.) L'Herit. syn. lobatum (Burm.f.) L'Herit. bowkeri Harv. caffrum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Harv. callosum E. Mey. nom. nud. syn. anethifolium (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. carotaefolium Hoffmannsegg nom. nud. syn. triste (L.) L'Herit. coniophyllum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. syn. triste (L.) L'Herit. daucifolium (Murray) Salis. syn. triste (L.) L'Herit. daucoides Jacq. syn. triste (L.) L'Herit. elongatum ex Steud. syn. triste (L.) L'Herit. filipendulifolium (Sims) Sweet syn. triste (L.) L'Herit. fimbriatum E. Mey. syn. schizopetalum Sweet flabellifolium Harv. nom. inval. syn. schlechteri R. Knuth flavum auct. mult. non (Burmf. f.) L'Hérit. syn. triste (L.) L'Herit. fumariifolium sensu Clifford syn. pillansii Salter geifolium E. Mey. syn. lobatum (Burm.f.) L'Herit. gibbosum (L.) L'Herit. heckmannianum Engl. syn. luridum (Andr.) Sweet heracleifolium Lodd. syn. lobatum (Burm.f.) L'Herit. heracleifolium Sweet nom. inval. syn. radulifolium (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. hibridaefolium (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. syn. radulifolium (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. hollandii Leighton syn. pulverulentum Colv. ex Sweet huraefolium Col. syn. luridum (Andr.) Sweet hybridaefolium (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Harv. syn. radulifolium (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. laxatum Harv. syn. triste (L.) L'Herit. lobatum (Burm.f.) L'Herit. longiscapum Schlecter ex Knuth syn. luridum (Andr.) Sweet luridum (Andr.) Sweet millefoliatum Sweet syn. triste (L.) L'Herit. moestum Hoffmannsegg nom nud. syn. triste (L.) L'Herit. multiradiatum Wendl. multiradiatum E. Mey syn. radulifolium (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. multiradiatum Eckl. & Zeyh. syn. triste (L.) L'Herit. obtusifolium Knuth syn. woodii N. E. Br. oxalidifolium Hort. ex Sweet syn. triste (L.) L'Herit. papaverifolium (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. syn. triste (L.) L'Herit. pedicellatum Sweet syn. pulverulentum Colv. ex Sweet peucedanifolium (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. syn. anethifolium (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. pillansii Salter polymorphum E. Mey. syn. luridum (Andr.) Sweet primulaeforme (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. syn. pulverulentum Colv. ex Sweet pulverulentum Colv. ex Sweet quinquevulnereum (Andrews) Persoon syn. triste (L.) L'Herit. radulifolium (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. rehmannii Szyszylowicz syn. luridum (Andr.) Sweet schizopetalum Sweet schlechteri R. Knuth spondilifolium Steud. nom. inval., syn. lobatum (Burm.f.) L'Herit. spondyliifolium Salisb. nom. inval., syn. lobatum (Burm.f.) L'Herit. spondylifolium Harv. nom. inval., syn. lobatum (Burm.f.) L'Herit. testaceum E. Meyer syn. pulverulentum Colv. ex Sweet triste (L.) L'Herit. triste var. daucifolium (Murray) Harvey syn. triste (L.) L'Herit. triste var. filipendulifolium Sims syn. triste (L.) L'Herit. triste var. laxatum Harvey syn. triste (L.) L'Herit. tuberosum Steudel syn. triste (L.) L'Herit. uitenhagense (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. syn. schizopetalum Sweet woodii N. E. Br. woodii Knuth syn. luridum (Andr.) Sweet zeyheri Harv. syn. luridum (Andr.) Sweet |
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