Illecebraceae

Details

Name scientific

Illecebraceae

Preferred name

Caryophyllaceae

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

Illecebraceae

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Illecebraceae

Descriptions

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

Illecebraceae

Description

Fls small, us. with scarious bracts, us. perfect, regular; calyx 4-5-lobed; petals 0; stamens as many as and opp. calyx-lobes; anther-filaments free or connate at base. Ovary 1-celled, ovules 1-(2), styles 1-2-3. Fr. an utricle, ind., nutlike, covered by persistent calyx. Mostly herbs with entire, opp., simple lvs with scarious stipules. About 8 widespread genera and 90 spp.