Orthothecium (Orthothecium)
Description
Helicteres is a botanical genus of flowering plants with 141 species and belonging to the Malvaceae family . He is originally from America. They are erect bushes , unarmed; hermaphrodite plants. The leaves are simple, serrated. With cincinni bifloros, axillary and opposite the leaves, the flowers are zygomorphic or subzigomorfas; with five sepals soldiers; and 5 petals surpassing the chalice. The fruit is a cylindrical capsule, with numerous seeds, polyhedral, irregular, unequal. It is a pantropical genus, with species distributed from Mexico to northwestern Argentina.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Malvales
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Family: Malvaceae
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Genus: Orthothecium
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