Stackhousiaceae
Read about Stackhousiaceae in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Stackhousiaceae (from the genus Stackhousia, named in honor of John Stackhouse, a British botanist). Stackhousia Family. Fig. 34. Herbs with rather thick, alternate leaves: flowers bisexual, regular, in spikes, racemes or fascicles; sepals 5, imbricated; petals 5, more or less, perigynous, long-clawed, the claws separate below, connate above; disk thin, clothing the inside of the cup-shaped receptacle; stamens 5, perigynous, alternating with the petals, often unequal; ovary superior, 2-5- lobed, 2-5-celled, each cell 1-ovuled; styles 2-5, free or connate: fruit of 2-5 separate, globose, angular, reticulated or winged, indehiscent portions which separate from a central persistent column; seeds albuminous. This is a very small family of 2 genera and 14 species; natives of Australia and adjacent islands. It is probably related to the Celastraceae more closely than to any other family. One species of Stackhousia is grown for ornamental purposes in California.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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