Stem
Smets, E. F. & Janssens, S. B., 2018, Balsaminaceae of Myanmar, Blumea 63 (3), pp. 199-267 : 201
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https://doi.org/10.3767/blumea.2018.63.03.01 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DCC55C-DD43-FFAA-C063-2511FC546B50 |
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Felipe |
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Stem |
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The stem is mostly succulent, fragile and soft, green to purple. Red or purple dots are sometimes present. Only shrub-like species ( I. kerriae and I. parishii ) have a dry brownish grey stem surface basally. Most taxa have an erect stem, but some are decumbent in the lower part, and sometimes rooting at nodes. Most species have a glabrous stem, but some are either entirely pilose or pilose only in the upper part. The stem is usually cylindrical below and commonly angular or rarely winged-ridged in the upper parts.
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