Stylidiaceae

Details

Name scientific

Stylidiaceae

Preferred name

Stylidiaceae

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

Stylidiaceae

Nomenclature

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Taxonomic rank

family

Canonical form

Stylidiaceae

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Stylidiaceae

Subordinates

Synonyms

Donatiaceae

Descriptions

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

Donatiaceae

Description

Fls axillary and terminal, solitary; receptacle adnate to ovary. Sepals (3)-5-(7); petals 5-10; stamens 2-3, inserted on middle of epig. disk, adnate to style-bases, otherwise free; anthers extrorse, didymous; filaments short, thick. Ovary inferior, 2-3-celled; styles 2-3, short; stigmas capitate; ovules ∞, on pend. placentae. Capsule indehiscent, 2-(3)-celled. Seeds with membr. testa, fleshy endosperm, minute embryo. Family of 2 known spp. of Donatia.

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

Stylidiaceae

Description

Fls mostly 5-merous, irregular, perfect to unisexual, solitary or in racemes. Receptacle adnate to ovary; calyx-lobes free or connate and 2-lipped; corolla-lobes imbricate. Stamens 2-(3); filaments free from corolla, connate into a column surrounding style. Ovary inferior, 2-(1)-celled; capsule with ∞ seeds; embryo minute, endosperm cop. Mostly herbs with watery sap, radical or imbricate exstipulate simple lvs. Some 6 genera and 125 spp., mostly of Australia, Tasmania, N.Z.