Alectryon Gaertn.
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Nomenclature
Gaertn.
Gaertn.
1788
217, t. 46
ICN
Alectryon Gaertn.
genus
Alectryon
Classification
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Descriptions
Alectryon Gaertn.
Fls perfect to unisexual in panicles; calyx 4-5-lobed, hairy within; petals 0; disk 8-lobed; stamens 5-8. Ovary obliquely obcordate, compressed, 1-celled; style short, stigma 2-3-lobed to simple; ovule solitary. Capsule ± woody, subglobose, crested; seeds arillate, cots spirally coiled. Trees with alt., pinnate, exstipulate lvs. About 20 spp. of Hawaii, Pacific Is, New Guinea, Australia. The N.Z. spp. endemic.
Taxonomic concepts
Metadata
8f91d8dc-7933-4f29-8504-72bea7c1c6e6
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
5 July 2007