Avicenniaceae

Details

Name scientific

Avicenniaceae

Preferred name

Acanthaceae

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

Avicenniaceae

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Avicenniaceae

Descriptions

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

Avicenniaceae

Description

Calyx subtended by pseudo-involucre of scalelike bractlets; corolla campanulate to rotate; stamens us. nearly equal. Ovary imperfectly 4-locular, with free-central ± 4-winged placenta. Ovules 4, ortho-tropous, pend. Capsule 2-valved, 1-seeded. Littoral shrubs or small trees with opp. entire lvs. Family of 1 genus with several spp., mainly of tropical and subtropical coasts.