Lophostemon Schott

Lophostemon (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae

Characteristics

Trees. Leaves alternate or pseudo-whorled, clustered at apex of branches, rarely opposite. Inflorescences axillary, dichasium; bracts caducous or absent. Flowers bisexual. Hypanthium ovate or obconiform, pubescent. Sepals 5, imbricate, persistent. Petals 5, white or yellow, pubescent. Stamens numerous; filaments usually basally connate into 5 bundles opposite petals; anthers dorsifixed, locules parallel, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary semi-inferior, 3-loculed; ovules numerous. Style shorter than stamens; stigma slightly ampliate. Capsule semiglobose or cup-shaped, apically flatted truncate, splitting into 3 parts but still surrounded by hypanthium. Seeds few, linear, sometimes winged.
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Images

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Distribution

Lophostemon world distribution map, present in China and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:27609-1
WFO ID wfo-4000022239
COL ID 5GPJ
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Lophostemon

Lower taxons

Lophostemon grandiflorus Lophostemon suaveolens Lophostemon lactifluus Lophostemon confertus