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Lythraceae

plant family

Also known as: loosestrife family

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Myrtales

In Myrtales: Family distributions and abundance
Lythraceae, the loosestrife family, containing about 650 species in 31 genera of trees, small shrubs, and perennial herbs, occurs primarily in warmer regions of both the Old World and the New World and is especially diverse in South America and Africa. It now includes the…
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outcrossing

In Myrtales: Natural history
…another individual) is widespread in Lythraceae, where members of Lythrum, Decodon, and Nesaea have three flower forms on different plants (trimorphism); plants with two flower forms (dimorphic) are known in toothcup (Rotala) and in Lythrum. As such, the style and stamens of a flower differ in length, and the pollen…
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