Editing Tropaeolum (section)

== Description ==
[[File:Tropaeolum speciosum 343231982.jpg|thumb|''[[Tropaeolum speciosum]]'']]
''Tropaeolum'' is a genus of [[dicotyledon]]ous annual or perennial plants, often with somewhat succulent stems and sometimes tuberous roots. The alternate leaves are hairless, [[Leaf shape|peltate]], and entirely or palmately lobed. The petioles or leaf stalks are long and, in many species, can twine around other stems to provide support. The flowers are bisexual and showy, set singly on long stalks in the axils of the leaves. They have five [[sepals]], the uppermost of which is elongated into a nectar spur. The five [[petals]] are clawed, with the lower three unlike the upper two. The eight [[stamens]] are in two whorls of unequal length, and the superior ovary has three segments and three [[Stigma (botany)|stigmas]] on a single [[gynoecium|style]]. The fruit is naked and nut-like, with three single seed segments.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Botany |editor-last=Allaby |editor-first=Michael |year=1992 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0198661634 |page=[https://archive.org/details/conciseoxforddic00mich/page/418 418] |url=https://archive.org/details/conciseoxforddic00mich/page/418 |url-access=registration }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Tropaeolum+majus |title=Tropaeolaceae: Nasturtium Family |author=McClintock, Elizabeth |publisher=Jepson Flora Project |access-date=2012-06-20}}</ref>
[[File:Tropaeolum azureum 236274351.jpg|thumb|''[[Tropaeolum azureum]]'']]