Description
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Usually prostrate, annual or perennial herbs. Leaves opposite, entire. Stipules 0. Flowers in groups, axillary, ± sessile. Perianth with 5 lobes with a membranous margin and a mucro on the back just below the tip. Stamens 5, free. Ovary superior, consisting of 2 carpels, 2-locular with 2 ovules per loculus. Styles 2, free. Fruit a circumscissile, 4-seeded capsule, the lid splitting into 2 valves.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Zaleya Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=559
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Zaleya: Brief Summary
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Zaleya is a genus of flowering plants in the iceplant family Aizoaceae, found in Cape Verde, Africa, Madagascar, Réunion, Socotra, West Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Australia.
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