MYOSOTON Moench - WATER CHICKWEED
Scientific Description:
Herbs perennial. Stems decumbent or ascending. Leaves ovate; stipules absent. Inflorescence a leafy dichasium. Sepals 5. Petals 5, white, deeply bifid. Stamens 10. Ovary 1-loculed; ovules numerous; styles 5, alternating with sepals. Capsule ovoid, dehiscing nearly to 1/2 with 5 shortly bifid valves. Seeds numerous, reniform, tuberculate; embryo curved. The genus Myosoton differs from Stellaria L. in having 5 styles, and in the capsule dividing into 5, bluntly bidentate teeth. It is similar in other aspects. Monotypic.
References:
Anonymous (2017). http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=121430. Accessed Date: 24.11.2017.
Coode MJE (1967). Myosoton Moench, In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2: 88.
Public Description:
Myosoton is a genus of perennial herbs known as “water chickweed”. It is widespread in temperate Asia and Europe. It has only one species in Türkiye and in the world. It is a small plant with a length of less than 40 cm with white flowers.
References:
Anonim (2017). http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=121430. Erişim Tarihi: 24.11.2017.
Ekim T (2012). Myosoton Moench., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 349.
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