Gymnanthes
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Euphorbiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Evergreen trees or shrubs with glabrous leaves and milky juice, the leaves alternate. Flowers monoecious or rarely dioecious, the male in slender axillary braeteolate racemes, the female solitary, long-peduncled, arising from the axils with the male; perianth rudimentary or lacking. Stamens 2 or 3; filaments distinct or united at the base, subtended by the rudimentary perianth of 3, scale-like parts. Styles 3, recurved. Capsule 3-carpelled; seeds pendulous, the testa membrano-crustaeeous. [Greek, naked flower.] About 12 species, of tropical America. Type species: Gymnanthes elliptica Sw.