Omphacomeria A.Dc.

Genus

Angiosperms > Santalales > Santalaceae

Characteristics

Dioecious shrubs. Leaves alternate, scale-like, caducous. Male flowers in short axillary spikes; tepals 4 or 5, slightly thickened at apex, opening widely; style obsolete. Female flowers solitary, axillary, sessile, with small staminodes; stigma sessile. Disc in male and female flowers almost flat. Drupe with thin mesocarp, sessile; receptacle not enlarged under drupe.
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Distribution

Omphacomeria world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:36223-1
WFO ID wfo-4000026806
COL ID 6843
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Omphacomeria

Lower taxons

Omphacomeria acerba