Myrsinaceae

Details

Name scientific

Myrsinaceae

Preferred name

Primulaceae

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

Myrsinaceae

Nomenclature

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Taxonomic rank

family

Canonical form

Myrsinaceae

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Myrsinaceae

Descriptions

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

Myrsinaceae

Description

Infl. cymose; fls small, perfect to unisexual, regular, us. bracted. Sepals 4-5-(6), distinct or connate at base; corolla us. connate into a 4-5-(6),-lobed tube. Stamens opp. corolla-lobes; filaments adnate to corolla-tube or ± free; anthers 2-celled, introrse, variously dehiscent. Ovary us. superior, 4-6-loculed; placentation often free-central. Fr. drupaceous; seed us. with cop. endosperm. Trees or shrubs with us. alt., simple, coriac., gland-dotted lvs. Widespread family, the number of genera variously interpreted, c. 1000 spp.