Cornaceae

Details

Name scientific

Cornaceae

Preferred name

Cornaceae

Taxonomy reference

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

Linked name

Cornaceae

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Exotic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Taxonomic rank

family

Canonical form

Cornaceae

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Cornales

Family

Cornaceae

Subordinates

Synonyms

Alangiaceae

Descriptions

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

Cornaceae

Description

Fls regular, perfect or unisexual, in panicles, racemes, fascicles, or solitary. Calyx-tube (receptacle) adnate to ovary; calyx-segs 4-5; petals 4-5; stamens 4-5, alt. with petals. Ovary inferior, 1-4-loculed, ovules 1 per locule, pend. Fr. a drupe or berry. Trees or shrubs with opp. or alt. simple, entire, exstipulate lvs. About 15 genera, mostly of northern hemisphere.

Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Cornaceae

Description

Shrubs, trees or rarely herbs. Lvs alternate or opposite, entire or serrate, exstipulate. Fls ☿ or unisexual, actinomorphic, usually in axillary or terminal cymes, fascicles, racemes, or panicles, rarely solitary, or capitate with involucrate of petaloid bracts. Calyx tube with 4-5 small or minute teeth. Petals usually 4-5, free, rarely 0. Stamens as many as petals; filaments free; anthers 2-locular. Ovary inferior, 1-4-locular; style short with capitate or 2-4-fid stigma; ovules 1 per loculus, pendulous. Fr. a drupe or berry.