PARENTUCELLIAViv. - GLANDWEED
Scientific Description:
Annuals, hemiparasitic, glandular-viscid. Leaves opposite, or alternate above, simple, dentate or serrate. Flowers in terminal spike-like racemes; bracts leaf-like, longer than calyces. Calyx tubular or tubular-campanulate, 4-lobed, not bilabiate, ± membranous between veins. Corolla bilabiate, yellow or reddish; upper lip bifid; lower lip 3-lobed, longer than upper. Stamens 4; anthers mucronate, glabrous or pilose. Capsule oblong; seeds numerous, smooth or reticulate.
Reference:
Hedge IC (1978). Parentucellia Viv., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 6: 766.
Public Description:
Parentucellia, is a genus of annual hemiparasitic herbs, commonly known as “glandweed”, and is native to Türkiye and Europe. There are 2 species in the world and 2 species (4 taxa) in Türkiye. They have yellow or reddish flowers.
References:
Anonymous 1 (2016) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parentucellia /,Accessed date: 22.09.2016.
Anonymous 2 (2016) http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Orobanchaceae/Parentucellia//,Accessed date: 22.09.2016.
Güner E D (2012) Parentucellia Viv., 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. 657.
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