Tremandraceae

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Tremandraceae in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Tremandraceae (from the genus Tremandra, which is from the Latin tremble and the Greek male, probably in allusion to the anthers). Tremandra Family. Fig. 32. Shrubs or sub-shrubs, with opposite, whorled or alternate leaves: flowers bisexual, regular; sepals 4-5, rarely 3, valvate; petals of the same number as the sepals and alternating with them, colored, entire, separate induplicate-valvate; stamens 8 or 10, rarely 6, hypogynous, in 1 or 2 whorls; anthers opening by a transverse terminal valve, or more or less prolonged into a beak with terminal pores; ovary superior, 2-celled; style 1; stigma 1: fruit a capsule; seeds 1 or 2 in each cavity. In this family are 3 genera and about 23 species, of which 20 belong to the genus Tetratheca. All are native of south and west Australia. The family is very similar to the Polygalaceae, and separated from that family only by the regular flowers. Platytheca is remarkable in having the four anther cells all in one plane. Two genera are in the American trade, both tender heath-like plants: Platytheca, and Tetratheca. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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