Morinaceae
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 Morina longifolia
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Morinaceae is a family of plants in the order Dipsacales. The Genus Morina has also been included in family Dipsacaceae. Currently three genera are listed in this family:
- A. alba, A. albus, A. delavayi, A. nepalensis.
- Cryptothladia
- C. chinensis, C. chlorantha, C. kokonorica, C. polyphylla
- Morina
- M. couteriana, M. longifolia, M. persica
- M. longifolia has the common names "whorl flower" and "Persian steppe flower." This species has cultivars: M. delavaya and M. wallichii.
[edit] References
- Cannon MJ, Cannon JFM. 1984. A revision of the Morinaceae (Magnoliophyta-Dipsacales). vol. 12. Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Bot., 35p.
- Bell, C. D. & M. J. Donoghue. 2003. Phylogeny of Morinaceae (Dipsacales) based on nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences. Organisms, Diversity, & Evolution 3:227-237.
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