Stackhousiaceae

Details

Name scientific

Stackhousiaceae

Preferred name

Celastraceae

Taxonomy reference

Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.

Nomenclature

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Taxonomic rank

family

Canonical form

Stackhousiaceae

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Celastrales

Family

Stackhousiaceae

Descriptions

Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Stackhousiaceae

Description

Fls 5-merous, perfect, in racemes, spikes, fascicles, or solitary. Calyx ± tubular, lobes imbricate; petals perig., long-clawed; claws connate into tube, but free at base; disk thin, lining calyx-tube. Stamen alt. with petals; anthers 2-celled, opening lengthwise. Ovary superior 2-5-celled; styles 2-5; ovules basal. Fr. of 2-5 1-seeded cocci separating from a central column; endosperm fleshy. Two genera: , 1 sp. of E. Australia; , some 15 spp. of N.Z., Australia, Philippine Is. The N.Z. sp. endemic.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Stackhousiaceae

Stackhousiaceae

Allan, H.H. (1961)

Stackhousiaceae

Stackhousiaceae

Cronquist, A. (1988)

Stackhousiaceae

Celastrales Link

Stackhousiaceae

Stackhousiaceae

Mabberley, D.J. (2008)

Celastraceae

Celastrales Link

Metadata

Record id

553e6fac-61c9-46e0-8991-ccc577e19963

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

2 August 2011

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