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Deeringia R. Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 413. 1810. Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 4: 714. 1885; Schinz in E. and P., Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16c: 26. 1934.
Erect herbs or scandent shrubs with alternate leaves and branches, leaves entire. Flowers bibracteolate, hermaphrodite or unisexual, in axillary or terminal, bracteate, frequently paniculate racemes or spikes, each bract subtending a single flower; bracts and bracteoles small, membranous. Perianth segments (4-) 5, the perianth not deciduous with the fruit. Stamens (4-)5, shortly monadelphous at the base, pseudo-staminodes absent. Style short, stigmas 2-3 (-4), linear or clavate. Ovary with few to many ovules pendulous on slender funicles. Fruit a thin-walled fleshy berry. Seeds black or brownish, compressed, shining, verruculose to reticulate.
About 8 species in the tropics of the Old World from Madagascar to Australia.
Type species: Deeringia amaranthoides (Lam.) Merr.
Lower Taxon
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