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Diodia vaginalis - Flower, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower, side view; Brenu Beach, Central Region, Ghana; 10/2009 © Jörn Germer

Diodia vaginalis - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Brenu Beach, Central Region, Ghana; 10/2009 © Jörn Germer

Diodia vaginalis - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Brenu Beach, Central Region, Ghana; 10/2009 © Jörn Germer

Diodia vaginalis - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Brenu Beach, Central Region, Ghana; 10/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1220
Date of entry: 26.02.2010
Last update: 11.01.2020

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Gentianales (113)

        Family: Rubiaceae (62)(family description)

          Genus: Diodia (1)

            Epithet: vaginalis Benth. (2)

vaginalis => having a sheathlike structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: pink, white

External links

Check for Diodia vaginalis at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

  • [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.

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