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:
Clusiaceae
Clusiaceae
Description:
Family Description - Fls perfect, hypogynous, regular (at least as to the cor), polypetalous, the perianth mostly 4–5-merous; stamens typically numerous and centrifugal, varying to only 5, the elongate filaments sometimes basally connate; ovary of 2–5 carpels, unilocular or partly or wholly 2–5-locular, the placentas accordingly parietal or axile; styles as many as the carpels, sometimes united below; fr a many-seeded capsule, usually septicidal; herbs or shrubs with simple, opposite, exstipulate, entire lvs ordinarily beset with translucent internal glands and often also superficially punctate; fls cymose (or solitary), usually yellow. (Guttiferae, Hypericaceae) Our plants all belong to the subfamily Hypericoideae, as principally described above. 50/1200, trop. and N. Temp.
Family Description - Fls perfect, hypogynous, regular (at least as to the cor), polypetalous, the perianth mostly 4–5-merous; stamens typically numerous and centrifugal, varying to only 5, the elongate filaments sometimes basally connate; ovary of 2–5 carpels, unilocular or partly or wholly 2–5-locular, the placentas accordingly parietal or axile; styles as many as the carpels, sometimes united below; fr a many-seeded capsule, usually septicidal; herbs or shrubs with simple, opposite, exstipulate, entire lvs ordinarily beset with translucent internal glands and often also superficially punctate; fls cymose (or solitary), usually yellow. (Guttiferae, Hypericaceae) Our plants all belong to the subfamily Hypericoideae, as principally described above. 50/1200, trop. and N. Temp.
Common Names:
The mangosteen family
The mangosteen family