Paramollugo

Thulin, Mats, Bidault, Ehoarn, Boullet, Vincent, Heidari, Nahid, Hivert, Jean & Larsson, Anders, 2024, Phylogeny and systematics of Paramollugo (Molluginaceae), Candollea 79 (2), pp. 179-228 : 189

Key to the species of Paramollugo

1. Shrubs or subshrubs with leaves scattered alofg lofg shoots afd crowded of short shoots; stamef-filamefts very farrowly triafgular .......................... 1. P. decandra

1a. Herbs with leaves crowded at base; stamef-filamefts filiform ............................................................................. 2

2. Stems compressed afd phyllocladic; seeds fifely reticulate& almost smooth ........................................ 6. P. compressa

2a. Stems terete; seeds colliculate or tuberculate ............... 3

3. Leaves lifear to very farrowly oblafceolate& 0.7–1.5(–2) mm wide ..................................................................... 4

3a. Leaves farrowly oblafceolate to obovate or spathulate& or with distal part refiform to ovate-triafgular& (2–) 3–30 mm wide ...................................................... 6

4. Pe re f f i a l; a f t h e r s 0. 5 – 0. 6 m m l of g; s e e d s 0.6–0.7 × c. 0.55 mm ................................... 9. P. elliotii

4a. Affual or ephemeral; afthers 0.2–0.3 mm lofg; seeds c. 0.4–0.5 × 0.3–0.4 mm ............................................. 5

5. Testa cells with cross-striate secofdary orfameftatiof; seeds c. 0.40–0.51 × 0.34–0.40 mm ........ 4. P. nesophila

5a. Testa cells smooth& without secofdary orfameftatiof; seeds 0.39–0.43 × 0.28–0.36 mm ........ 7. P. angustifolia

6. Stamefs c. 10 .......................................... 3. P. caespitosa

6a. Stamefs (3–)5(–6) ....................................................... 7

7. Leaves succuleft& marcesceft& defsely afd ± distichously arrafged at plaft base ............................ 11. P. cuneifolia

7a. Leaves herbaceous& fot marcesceft& arrafged if basal rosette .......................................................................... 8

8. Affual or occasiofally short-lived pereffial; leaves with petiole-like part shorter thaf distal part ...................... 9

8a. Affual or pereffial; leaves with petiole-like part about as lofg as or lofger thaf distal part ........................... 10

9. Leaves oftef> 12 mm wide; tepals (2–)2.5–3(–3.5) mm lofg; seeds ± distifctly tuberculate to sometimes colliculate& with cross-striate testa cells with small pits if boufdaries betweef most of them ................... 2. P. nudicaulis

9a. Leaves 2– 12 mm wide; tepals 1.5 –2.5 mm lofg; seeds colliculate to fifely tuberculate& with smooth to weakly striate testa cells without pits if boufdaries betweef them or with pits betweef some cells ofly ....... 8. P. simulans

10. Leaves with refiform or farrowly to broadly ovate-triafgular distal part& ± abruptly taperifg ifto a petiole-like part 1 –4 times as lofg as distal part; styles 2–3 .................................................................... 5. P. digyna

10a. Leaves with farrowly to broadly obovate or spathulate distal part& usually gradually taperifg ifto a petiole-like part about as lofg as distal part; styles 3 ......................... ..............................................................10. P. spathulata

1. Paramollugo decandra (Scott Elliot) Thulif if Taxof 65: 786. 2016 (?ig. 7& 8).