Koeberliniaceae Engl.

Family

Angiosperms > Brassicales

Characteristics

Shrubs or trees (deciduous); (thorny) spines absent: glabrous or glabrate. Stems erect; profusely branched. Leaves alternate, spirally arranged, (minute, scalelike); venation pinnate; stipules present (caducous, scalelike); petiole absent. Inflorescences axillary, racemose, corymbose, or flowers solitary; pedunculate; bud scales usually persistent; bracts usually absent, sometimes present. Pedicels present. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic, rotate to crateriform, campanulate, or urceolate; perianth and androecium hypogynous; sepals persistent, 4, distinct or connate basally; petals 4, attached directly to receptacle, imbricate, distinct, equal; intrastaminal nectary-discs or glands usually present; stamens 8; filaments distinct, glabrous or pubescent; anthers dehiscing by longitudinal slits; pistil 1; ovary 1-carpellate, 2-locular; placentation axile; ovules anatropous, bitegmic; style 1 (straight, short and thick); stigma 1, capitate, unlobed. Fruits: berries, indehiscent (spheroidal). Seeds (1 or) 2-4, blackish; not arillate; endosperm scanty or absent, sometimes a persistent perisperm present; cotyledons incumbent. x = 11.
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Images

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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77126807-1
WFO ID wfo-7000000314
COL ID BMR
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Synonyms

Koeberliniaceae

Lower taxons

Koeberlinia