Helone

	Helone
	; Chelone glabra
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryotes
Kingdom:	Plants
Kingdom :	Green plants
Department:	Flowering
Grade:	Dicotyledonous
Order :	Asteranae
Order:	Luciferous
Family:	Plantain
Tribe :	Cheloneae
Gender:	Helone
International scientific name
	Chelone L. (1753)
Synonyms
	Chlonanthus Raf. (1814);
Type view
	Chelone glabra L.

Chelone ( lat. Chelone ) - a genus of herbaceous plants of the plantain family ( Plantaginaceae ) from North America .

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Botanical Description

Tall, bare, herbaceous plants. The leaves are opposite, serrated.

Flowers are collected in thick ears or brushes. Calyx is five - parted, with narrow or widely rounded lobes. Corolla is two-lipped, with a rather long, swollen tube; upper lip is convex, straight, notched or short-split, lower protruding, three-lobed, with rounded lobes. Four stamens , two-strong, not prominent; hair duster; staminode filamentous, simple column.

Fruit - polyspermous box ; winged seeds .

Taxonomy

The genus Helone includes 5 species ^[2] :

Chelone caeruleum ( Nutt. ) Spreng.
Chelone cuthbertii small
Chelone glabra L. typus
Chelone lyonii pursh
Chelone obliqua L.

Chelone lyonii
Chelone obliqua

Notes

↑ For the conventionality of indicating the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
↑ List of species of the Helone genus on The Plant List (English) (Retrieved May 7, 2013)

Links

Chelone // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.

[1] For the conventionality of indicating the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .

[2] List of species of the Helone genus on The Plant List (English) (Retrieved May 7, 2013)