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Euphorbiaceae

 9-Euphorbia corollata fruits

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The fruits of many Euphorbiaceae is a schizocarp, as seen here in Euphorbia corollata, flowering spurge. The fruits come from a syncarpous gynoecium of 3 carpels, and the undehisced fruit is 3-lobed. Each of the three lobes falls off as a mericarp.
Photo by K. R. Robertson at Boyd Prairie near Lawrence, Kansas.
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