Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 89 (1753).

Derivation: After Juan Minuart, 1693-1753, Spanish botanist and chemist, born in Barcelona.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Annual herbs; leaves opposite, exstipulate, narrowly lanceolate.

Flowers in a lax panicle; sepals 5, 3nerved, free; petals 5 or 0, entire; stamens 3-10; styles 3.

Capsule opening to the base in 3 valves.

Distribution:  About 120 species in the Northern Hemisphere and one in Chile.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available