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===Flowers=== The flowers are bisexual, [[Floral symmetry#Actinomorphic|radially]] or occasionally [[Floral symmetry#Zygomorphic|bilaterally]] symmetric, with a well-developed [[hypanthium]]. The flowers are most commonly [[merosity|quadimerous]] but can be heximerous, with four to eight sepals and petals. The sepals may be distinct, partially fused to form a tube, or touching without overlapping. The petals are crumpled in the bud and wrinkled at maturity, and are typically distinct and overlapping; they are occasionally absent.<ref name="Judd 2008"/> Usually, twice as many stamens as petals are seen, arranged in two whorls, and the stamens are often unequal in length. Occasionally, the stamens are reduced to one whorl, or are more numerous with multiple whorls.<ref name="Stevens 2001"/> The ovary is typically [[Ovary (plants)#Superior ovary|superior]], infrequently [[Ovary (plants)#Half-inferior ovary|semi-inferior]],<ref name="Graham and Cavalcanti">{{cite web |url=http://www.kew.org/science/tropamerica/neotropikey/families/Lythraceae.htm|title=Neotropical Lythraceae |last1=Graham |first1=Shirley |last2=Cavalcanti |first2=Taciana B. |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=28 March 2011}}</ref> or rarely [[Ovary (plants)#Inferior ovary|inferior]]. The two to many carpels can be fused together ([[Gynoecium#Types of gynoecia|syncarpous]]), with two to numerous ovules in each [[locule]], with axile placentation of the ovules.<ref name="Judd 2008" /> [[Heterostyly]] β the presence of two (distylous) or three (tristylous) distinct flower morphs within a species differing in the lengths of the pistil and stamens β is common within the Lythraceae.<ref name="Judd 2008" />
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