Nyctaginaceae | plant family

_{Class Dicotyledoneae, dicots, מחלקה דו-פסיגיים}

Family Nyctaginaceae,

Four o’clock family, משפחת לילניים

_{Herbs, shrubs, or or woody climbers. Leaves simple, entire, exstipulate, usually opposite leaves. Flowers solitary or in small umbels. Tubular flowers with 5 colored sepals and no petals; 5 stamens (sometimes 1 to 3); ovary superior, consists of 1 carpel. It matures as an achene.
Various cultivars and hybrids of Boungainvillea are extensively planted for ornament.
Notable genera and distinguishing features:}

• _{Boerhavia – anthocarp 3-5 ribbed, glabrous or glandular pubescent.}
• _{Bougainvillea – involucre of 3 strikingly coloured bracts (seldom greenish).}
• _{Commicarpus – anthocarp with several conspicuous wart-like viscid glands.}

Genus Boerhavia, בורביה: Genus Bougainvillea, בוגנוויליה: Genus Commicarpus, בלוטנית

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