WorldFloraDB - Picrodendraceae

Characteristics

Shrubs [perennial herbs or trees], evergreen, monoecious or dioecious. Leaves alternate, opposite, or whorled, simple [palmately compound]; stipules absent [present]; petiole present [absent]; blade margins entire, dentate, or serrate; venation pinnate. Inflorescences unisexual [bisexual], axillary, thyrses, fascicles [cymes], or flowers solitary. Flowers unisexual; perianth hypogynous; hypanthium absent; sepals [3–]4–13, distinct; petals 0; nectary present [absent]; stamens [2–]4–10[–55], distinct [rarely connate], free; anthers dehiscing by longitudinal slits; pistil 1, (2–)3–4(–5)-carpellate, ovary superior, (2–)3–4(–5)-locular; placentation axile; ovules [1–]2 per locule, anatropous; styles (2–)3–4(–5)[–8], distinct, <unbranched [rarely 2-fid]>; stigmas (2–)3–4(–5)[–8]. Fruits capsules [drupes], schizocarpic with cocci separating from persistent columella, coccus dehiscence septicidal [loculicidal]. Seeds 1–2 per locule.

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Trees, shrubs and subshrubs, with coloured latex absent. Indumentum simple, eglandular. Leaves alternate, opposite or verticillate, stipulate; lamina simple or palmate, entire or marginally toothed, foliar glands absent. Inflorescences axillary, racemiform, spiciform, paniculate, glomerulate, or with flowers sometimes solitary; bracts eglandular. Staminate flowers with sepals imbricate, free; petals absent, disc present or absent; stamens 2–60, with filaments free or rarely united; pollen grains brevicolporate or porate; pistillode present or absent. Pistillate flowers with sepals imbricate, free; petals absent; disc present or absent; ovary 2–5-locular; ovules 2 per locule, anatropous, epitropous or hemitropous; styles free except at base, entire or stigmatoid, rarely bifid or trifid. Fruit dehiscent capsular, rarely drupaceous; seeds ecarunculate or carunculate, with endosperm present.

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The majority are shrubs and trees in rainforests, however, there are numerous subshrubs in sclerophyllous vegetation communities.

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:313570-2
WFO ID	wfo-7000000468
COL ID	625MG
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	597880
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)	Link

Synonyms

Picrodendraceae

Lower taxons

Stachystemon Micrantheum Mischodon Picrodendron Piranhea Stachyandra Voatamalo Aristogeitonia Hyaenanche Neoroepera Podocalyx Tetracoccus Whyanbeelia Austrobuxus Androstachys Dissiliaria Pseudanthus Sankowskya Longetia Kairothamnus Parodiodendron Petalostigma Scagea Choriceras Oldfieldia

WorldFloraDB 2024

Picrodendraceae Small

Family

Angiosperms > Malpighiales