Seetzenia
genus of plants
Seetzenia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Zygophyllaceae.
Description
Vegetative characteristics
Seetzenia are prostrate, perennial herbs with oppositely arranged, stipulate, trifoliolate leaves.
Generative characteristics
The small, pedicellate, actinomorphic, bisexual flowers have 5 sepals and no petals. The androecium consists of 5 stamens. The gynoecium consists of 5 carpels. The capsule fruit produces oval seeds.
Taxonomy
It was described by Robert Brown in 1826. The type species is Seetzenia orientalis Decne. It is placed in the subfamily Seetzenioideae.
Etymology
The genus name of Seetzenia is in honour of Ulrich Jasper Seetzen (1767–1811), a German explorer of Arabia and Palestine from Jever, German Frisia.
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