https://gardenology.mywikis.net/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Empetraceae 2026-04-12T20:14:44Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.35.3 https://gardenology.mywikis.net/w/index.php?title=Empetraceae&diff=24739&oldid=prev 2009-05-12T05:27:23Z

<p>New page: __NOTOC__{{Plantbox | name = &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; | common_names = &lt;!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank --&gt; | color = IndianRed | image = Upl...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div> <br /> __NOTOC__{{Plantbox<br /> | name = ''''<br /> | common_names = &lt;!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank --&gt;<br /> | color = IndianRed<br /> | image = Upload.png &lt;!--- Freesia.jpg --&gt;<br /> | image_width = 240px &lt;!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical --&gt;<br /> | image_caption = &lt;!--- eg. Cultivated freesias --&gt;<br /> | regnum = Plantae<br /> | divisio = &lt;!--- Phylum --&gt;<br /> | classis = &lt;!--- Class --&gt;<br /> | ordo = &lt;!--- Order --&gt;<br /> | familia = <br /> }}<br /> {{Inc|<br /> Empetraceae (from the genus Empetrum, an ancient name signifying upon a rock). Crowberry Family. Fig. 33. Small ericoid shrubs: leaves alternate, deeply furrowed beneath: flowers polygamous or dioecious, small, regular, hypogynous; disk wanting; sepals 2-3, imbricated; petals 2-3, or 0; stamens of the same number as the petals and alternate with them; ovary superior, 2-9-celled, each cell 1-ovuled; style- branches 2-9, often fringed or toothed: fruit drupaceous; seed ascending, anatropous, albuminous; micropyle turned toward the outside.<br /> <br /> In the north temperate and arctic regions, and in the Andes, are found 3 genera and about 5 species. The family is related to the Buxaceae, and more distantly to the Euphorbiaceae and Celastraceae. The habit, the reduced or absent corolla, the few stamens, the 1-seeded ovary, the external micropyle, and the absence of the disk and aril are together distinctive.<br /> <br /> The acid berries of Empetrum are eaten in north Europe and Kamtschatka, and also used to prepare a drink. The fruit of Corema album has been used as a fever remedy. An acid drink is prepared from it in Portugal.<br /> <br /> In North America, 2 genera are in cultivation: Ceratiola, not hardy; and Empetrum (Crowberry), grown in rock-gardens.<br /> <br /> {{SCH}}<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Genera==<br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> {{photo-sources}}&lt;!-- remove this line if there are already 3 or more photos in the gallery --&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Upload.png| photo 1<br /> Image:Upload.png| photo 2<br /> Image:Upload.png| photo 3<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *{{wplink}}<br /> <br /> {{stub}}<br /> [[Category:Categorize]]<br /> [[Category:Plant families]]</div>

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