Table 1.
Features | F. pisidica | F. haussknechtii | F. brevipedicellata | F. elaeochytris | F. rigidula | F. hermonis | F. halophila |
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Stem length | up to 250 cm | 50–150 cm | 100–250 cm | 100–200 cm, terete | 30–130 cm | 100–150 cm, terete | 60–90 cm |
Leaves | 5–7 pinnate, triangular ovate in outline, 25–40 × 30–85 cm | 5 pinnate, triangular ovate in outline, 30–40 × 20–30 cm | 5–6 pinnate, triangular ovate in outline, 30–65 × 20–45 cm | 5–6 pinnate, triangular ovate in outline, 25–50 × 20–45 cm | 5–6 pinnate, triangular ovate in outline, 15–30 × 10–25 cm | 5–6 pinnate, triangular ovate in outline, 30–45 × 25–35 cm | 5–6 pinnate, triangular ovate in outline |
Petiole (basal leaves) | 20–32 cm | sessile | 10–20 cm | 17–40(-48) | 1–12 cm | - | 8–10 cm |
Ultimate segments | 1–4 × 0.5–1.5 mm | 0.5–3(–7) × 0.5–1.5 mm | (3–)7–12 × 1–2.5 mm, | 1.5–2.5 × 0.5 mm, | 1–5(–8) x 0.2–0.8 mm, | 1.5–3 × 0.4 mm, | 5–15(–20) × 0.4–0.8 mm, |
scabrid-setulose | densely setulose-puberulent | scabrid to glabrous | glabrous | scabrid | glabrous | very sparsely aculeolate-scabrid | |
Sheaths | Ovate 4–9 × 1–3 cm |
Ovate-lanceolate 6–8 × 2–5.5 cm |
Broadly ovate 7–12 × 5–8 cm |
Ovate-oblong (6–)10–15 cm |
Cylindric-oblong 3–12 × 1.5–3 cm |
- | Ovate 6.5 × 7.5 cm |
Rays | 8–22 | 6–12 | 6–12(–18) | 10–18 | (4–)6–12(–15) | 10–15 | 12–15 |
Petals | Yellow | Yellow | Yellow | Yellow | Yellow | Whitish-Green | Yellow |
Fruiting pedicels | 2–8 mm | (5–)7–10(–12) mm | 0.5–6 mm | 9–10 mm | (5–)7–15 mm | 4–6 mm | 5–9 mm |
Mericarps | 8–14 × 4–9 mm, oblong | 13–16 × 6 mm, elliptic-oblong | 8–14 × 4–7 mm, elliptic |
9–12 × 4–5 mm, elliptic-oblong | 10–12 × 6–7 mm, oblong to obovate | 10–13 × 6–7 mm, elliptic-oblong | 9–11 × 6–7 mm, obovate |
Lateral wings | 0.5–1 mm wide | 0.5–1 mm wide | 0.5–1 mm wide | 0.5–1 mm wide | 1–2 mm wide | 1–1.5 mm wide | 2 mm wide |
Dorsal vittae | 1–3 per vallecula | 1 per vallecula | 1 per vallecula | 1 per vallecula | 1 per vallecula | 1(–2) | 1 per vallecula |
Commissural vittae | (2–)4–6 | 4 | 2–4 | 43,984 | 43,984 | 4–6 | (2–)4 |