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Annual or perennial herbs, rarely shrublets. Flowers in terminal cymes, 5-merous. Sepals undivided. Stamens 5, sometimes alternating with staminodes. Ovary 5-locular. Styles 5. Fruit a 5-locular 10-valved capsule with 2-seeded loculi Worldwide: 180 species in temperate and subtropical zones, especially in the Mediterranean area. Caprivi: 1 taxon. |
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usitatissimum L. |
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