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Stylidiaceae

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Stylidiaceae

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Stylidiaceae

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Fls axillary and terminal, solitary; receptacle adnate to ovary. Sepals (3)-5-(7); petals 5-10; stamens 2-3, inserted on middle of epig. disk, adnate to style-bases, otherwise free; anthers extrorse, didymous; filaments short, thick. Ovary inferior, 2-3-celled; styles 2-3, short; stigmas capitate; ovules ∞, on pend. placentae. Capsule indehiscent, 2-(3)-celled. Seeds with membr. testa, fleshy endosperm, minute embryo. Family of 2 known spp. of Donatia.

Stylidiaceae

Fls mostly 5-merous, irregular, perfect to unisexual, solitary or in racemes. Receptacle adnate to ovary; calyx-lobes free or connate and 2-lipped; corolla-lobes imbricate. Stamens 2-(3); filaments free from corolla, connate into a column surrounding style. Ovary inferior, 2-(1)-celled; capsule with ∞ seeds; embryo minute, endosperm cop. Mostly herbs with watery sap, radical or imbricate exstipulate simple lvs. Some 6 genera and 125 spp., mostly of Australia, Tasmania, N.Z.

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1 January 2000
4 August 2011
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