Monographs Details:
Authority:
Acevedo-RodrÃguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.
Acevedo-RodrÃguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.
Family:
Celastraceae
Celastraceae
Description:
Genus Description - Shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, chartaceous to coriaceous, entire to crenulate; stipules minute, deciduous. Flowers functionilly unisexual, pediceled, clustered or solitary in leaf axils; calyx of 5 distinct greenish sepals; corolla of 5 distinct greenish or white petals; stamens shorter than petals; nectary disk flattened and 5-lobed; ovary partially immersed on disk, 2-locular, each locule with 1 or 2 ovules, the style short or wanting, the stigma 2-lobed. Fruit a dehiscent capsule, with 1 or 2 arillate seeds.
Genus Description - Shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, chartaceous to coriaceous, entire to crenulate; stipules minute, deciduous. Flowers functionilly unisexual, pediceled, clustered or solitary in leaf axils; calyx of 5 distinct greenish sepals; corolla of 5 distinct greenish or white petals; stamens shorter than petals; nectary disk flattened and 5-lobed; ovary partially immersed on disk, 2-locular, each locule with 1 or 2 ovules, the style short or wanting, the stigma 2-lobed. Fruit a dehiscent capsule, with 1 or 2 arillate seeds.
Distribution:
South America|
South America|