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Ctenolophonaceae Exell & Mendonça

Family

Angiosperms > Malpighiales

Characteristics

Ovary superior, 2-celled; style 2-fid at the apex; ovules 2 in each cell, collateral, pendulous from a rather long funicle attached to the central axis
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Leaves opposite, undivided, oblong-elliptic, acuminate, pinnately nerved, coriaceous; stipules interpetiolar, united in pairs, deciduous
Stamens 10, hypogynous; filaments free, alternately shorter; anthers 2-celled, introrse, opening lengthwise
Flowers hermaphrodite, actinomorphic; in short terminal panicles; bracts very small and caducous
Seed pendulous from the slender free central axis, nearly covered by a fibrous comb-like aril
Sepals 5, rounded, broadly elliptic, imbricate
Fruit woody, 1-seeded, splitting unilaterally
Petals 5, free, oblong, imbricate
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77126605-1
WFO ID wfo-7000000159
COL ID 8RT
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Synonyms

Ctenolophonaceae

Lower taxons

Ctenolophon
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