6038.010 Berula Besser & W.D.J. Koch

Description of the genus

Robust glabrous perennial stoloniferous herb. Leaves 1-pinnate with sessile leaflets; cauline leaves very small; leaflet margin dentate. Inflorescences of compound leaf-opposed umbels. Bracts and bracteoles well-developed. Sepals triangular. Petals broadly obcordate; apex inflexed. Fruit subspherical, broader than long; ribs poorly developed; lateral ribs not marginal.

Worldwide: 1 species widespread in Eurasia, North America and in Africa from Sudan and Ethiopia south to South Africa

Burundi: 1 taxon.

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thunbergii (DC.) H.Wolff

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Flora of Zimbabwe: Berula

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Berula
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Berula
JSTOR Plant Science: Berula
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Berula
Plants of the World Online: Berula
Tropicos: Berula
Wikipedia: Berula

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