


Sambucus L.

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L.
L.
1753
269-270
ICN
Sambucus L.
genus
Sambucus
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Sambucus L.
Deciduous shrubs or small trees, sometimes herbaceous, often spreading by suckers. Stems with thick pith. Winter buds with several pairs of scales. Lvs imparipinnate, stipulate or exstipulate. Fls in terminal corymbs or panicles, regular, (3)-5-merous, small. Calyx lobes very small. Corolla rotate. Stamens as many as corolla lobes, rarely 1 very reduced; filaments short and usually < corolla. Ovary 3-5-celled. Style very short or 0; stigma 3-5-lobed. Fr. a berry-like drupe with 3-5, compressed pyrenes.
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1 January 2000
2 September 2008