FIGURE 5 in Persepolium (Polygoneae): A new genus in Polygonaceae based on conventional Maximum Parsimony and Three-taxon statement analyses of a comprehensive morphological dataset

FIGURE 5. Perianths of Polygonum subsection Spinescentia: (A–C)—P. salicornioides (Kotschy 468, LE), perianth outside (A), inside (B), and segment outside (C). (D)—P. spinosum (Bornmüller 5083, LE). (E)—P. dumosum (Kotschy 242, LE); (F)—ibid, (Wendelbo 790, LE). (G–I)—P. aridum (Sawers, Haussknecht s.n. LE): mature flower (G); achene exserted from the perianth (H); young flower (I). Scale bar = 0.1 mm for C; = 0.2 mm for F, H; =0.5 mm for I; = 1 mm for the rest. Images: O. Yurtseva.