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Crossosomataceae Engler

habit
woody plants

distribution
North American

leaf: position
alternate

leaf: nature
not compound

leaf: venation
pinnate or hardly visible in leaves or leaflets.

margin
with entire margin

leaf: stipules
absent

inflorescence
solitary

flower: sexuality
bisexual

flower: symmetry
actinomorphic

flower: receptacle
enlarged, totally or partially free from the ovary

flower: disc
present

flower: perianth number
7+

flower: perianth nature
perianth of calyx and corolla

flower: sepal number
5

flower: sepal position
all free from one another

flower: sepal nature
sepals imbricate or contorted

flower: petal number
5

flower: petal position
all free from one another, petals imbricate

stamen: number
11+

stamen: anthers
dorsifixed or ventrifixed, introrse, extrorse, opening by longitudinal slits

stamen: filaments
free from the corolla, not connate

pistil: gynophore
present

pistil: style
styles absent, stigmas sessile, style 1, or styles more or less connate

pistil: carpel
3, 4, 5

pistil: ovary
1-locular

pistil: ovule
3+ in each loculus

pistil
carpels free from each other or carpel 1, ovules attached to the central axis or ventrally in apocarpae

fruit: type
a capsule

fruit: seed
3+ seeds

seed: aril
arillus or arill-like organs present

seed: embryo
straight, curved

seed: endosperm
seeds with endosperm


 

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