Monographs Details:
Authority:
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
Family:
Lauraceae
Lauraceae
Description:
Family Description - Fls perfect or unisexual, regular, perigynous; perianth of (4)6 sepaloid members in 2 cycles; stamens 3–12, most often 9, each filament often with a pair of basilateral nectariferous appendages, the innermost set of 3 stamens often reduced to staminodes; anthers opening by 2 or 4 uplifting valves; pollen inaperturate or sometimes monosulcate; ovary superior, unilocular and apparently unicarpellate, with a single pendulous ovule; fr a l-seeded berry or drupe; seeds with large, straight, dicotyledonous embryo and without endosperm; aromatic trees and shrubs with alternate, simple, exstipulate, entire or lobed leaves and small, usually yellowish fls. 30–50/2000+.
Family Description - Fls perfect or unisexual, regular, perigynous; perianth of (4)6 sepaloid members in 2 cycles; stamens 3–12, most often 9, each filament often with a pair of basilateral nectariferous appendages, the innermost set of 3 stamens often reduced to staminodes; anthers opening by 2 or 4 uplifting valves; pollen inaperturate or sometimes monosulcate; ovary superior, unilocular and apparently unicarpellate, with a single pendulous ovule; fr a l-seeded berry or drupe; seeds with large, straight, dicotyledonous embryo and without endosperm; aromatic trees and shrubs with alternate, simple, exstipulate, entire or lobed leaves and small, usually yellowish fls. 30–50/2000+.
Common Names:
The laurel family
The laurel family