Aconitum, Linnaeus, 1753
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.484.2.5 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038E240A-EB61-C622-0FF8-F8FBFA05FE39 |
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Marcus |
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Aconitum |
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Key to the Aconitum View in CoL L. from Sikkim
1a. Plant scandent or twining ..................................................................................................................................................... A. elwesii
1b. Plant erect .........................................................................................................................................................................................2.
2a. Pedicels pilose; lower sepal obliquely narrow- elliptic; staminal teeth not prominent..................................................... A. spicatum
2b. Pedicels hairy; lower sepal broadly elliptic; staminal teeth prominent................................................................................. A. arunii
3a. Stem 1 m high ..................................................................................................................................................................................4
3b. Plant less than 1 m high. ................................................................................................................................................................... 5 4a. Filaments glabrous; carpels glabrous ..................................................................................................................................... A. bisma
4b. Filaments hairy; carpels pubescent.......................................................................................................................................... A. ferox
5a. Petals densely hairy; lip spathulate................................................................................................................................ A. sikkimensis
5b. Petal glabrous; lip obovate or slightly concav....................................................................................................................................6
6a. Pedicel retrorse pubescent; lateral orbicular-obovate, scarcely clawed, margins wavy................................................. A. naviculare
6b. Pedicel spreadingly pubescent; obliquely orbicular-cordate, margins not wavy ................................................................ A. hookeri
7a. Sepals bluish-white or blue; Follicles 4-5 ............................................................................................................. A. heterophylloides
7b. Sepals reddish-purple or red; Follicles 3 ........................................................................................................................ A. laciniatum
8a. Upper sepal broadly hemi-elliptic in profile with dome-like base, carpel 3 ............................................................... A. novoluridum
8b. Upper sepal navicular in profile with rounded base, carpel 5 ......................................................................................... A. dissectum
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