Frangula Mill.
Details
Nomenclature
Mill.
Mill.
1754
ICN
Frangula Mill.
genus
Frangula
Classification
Subordinates
Descriptions
Frangula Mill.
Shrubs or small trees, not armed, mostly deciduous; indumentum of simple hairs or 0. Winter buds naked. Lvs alternate, mostly large, with caducous, subulate stipules. Fls small, axillary, in sessile or pedunculate fascicles or umbel-like cymes, rarely solitary, usually ☿, usually 5-merous. Calyx lobes triangular. Petals with narrow claw, ± hooded. Stamens ± included. Ovary 3-celled, free from disc; style 1; stigma 3-lobed. Fr. a drupe with 2-4 nutlet-like pyrenes. Seed smooth; germination hypogeal.
Taxonomic concepts
Metadata
3dc3d8d0-fc44-45bb-b622-907373b2164b
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
14 February 2014