Elaeocarpaceae

Details

Name scientific

Elaeocarpaceae

Preferred name

Elaeocarpaceae

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

Elaeocarpaceae

Nomenclature

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Taxonomic rank

family

Canonical form

Elaeocarpaceae

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Oxalidales

Family

Elaeocarpaceae

Subordinates

Synonyms

Tremandraceae

Descriptions

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

Elaeocarpaceae

Description

Fls us. perfect, regular, in racemes or panicles; sepals 4-5, often connate, valvate; petals 4-5-(0), often ± incised, us. valvate. Stamens ∞; anthers dehiscing by terminal pores or slits, situated on disk. Pistil 1; ovary superior, 2-∞-loculed; placentae axile; seeds pend., 2-several per locule; style 1. Fr. capsular or drupaceous; embryo straight. Trees or shrubs with simple, alt. or opp. stipulate lvs. Some 7 genera and 125 spp., mostly tropical.