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Dilleniaceae (from the genus Dillenia, in honor of John James Dillenius, a professor of botany at Oxford). Dillenia Family. Fig. 37. Trees or shrubs, often climbing: leaves alternate, very rarely opposite: flowers bisexual, regular, hypogynous; sepals 5, rarely more or fewer, imbricated, persistent; petals 5 or fewer, imbricated, deciduous; stamens numerous, often very numerous, free or united in groups, anthers opening by slits or pores; carpels several, usually distinct, but often united; ovules numerous: fruit a follicle, or a berry or a capsule, or inclosed in a fleshy calyx, which simulates a berry; seed albuminous, usually with an aril.

Dilleniaceae (from the genus Dillenia, in honor of John James Dillenius, a professor of botany at Oxford). Dillenia Family. Fig. 37. Trees or shrubs, often climbing: leaves alternate, very rarely opposite: flowers bisexual, regular, hypogynous; sepals 5, rarely more or fewer, imbricated, persistent; petals 5 or fewer, imbricated, deciduous; stamens numerous, often very numerous, free or united in groups, anthers opening by slits or pores; carpels several, usually distinct, but often united; ovules numerous: fruit a follicle, or a berry or a capsule, or inclosed in a fleshy calyx, which simulates a berry; seed albuminous, usually with an aril.

The flowers of many species are very beautiful, but few forms are in cultivation. In this country the only one apparently is Dillenia indica, a large magnolia-ike tree with flowers 9 inches in diameter, grown in southern California and in Florida.

The flowers of many species are very beautiful, but few forms are in cultivation. In this country the only one apparently is Dillenia indica, a large magnolia-ike tree with flowers 9 inches in diameter, grown in southern California and in Florida.

By recent authors (Gilg, in Engler and Prantl), Actinidia, a genus of vines from eastern Asia, has been placed in this family, although formerly included in the Theaceae. A few species of Actinidia are in the American trade.

By recent authors (Gilg, in Engler and Prantl), Actinidia, a genus of vines from eastern Asia, has been placed in this family, although formerly included in the Theaceae. A few species of Actinidia are in the American trade.{{SCH}}

 

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The family consists of about a dozen genera, of a few hundred species, found in the tropics and sub-tropics plus entire [[Australia]]. The species are mostly woody plants, but range from herbaceous plants up to large trees.

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The [[APG II system]], of 2003 (unchanged from the [[APG system]], of 1998), also recognizes this family, unplaced as to order, assigned to the clade [[core eudicots]].  

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APG II debates either including it in order [[Caryophyllales]] or reinstating the order [[Dilleniales]] for just this one family, but decides to leave it unplaced.  

*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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