Ulmaceae
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Ulmaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Family Description - Fls regular or nearly so, hypogynous or perigynous, perfect or unisexual; sep (2–)5(–9), distinct or often connate below; pet none, stamens erect in bud, as many as and opposite the cal members, rarely 2 or 3 times as many; ovary superior, bicarpellate, unilocular; ovule solitary, suspended, anatropous or amphitropous; styles 2, stigmatic along the inner side; fr a samara or a small drupe or nut; seeds with dicotyledonous embryo and scanty or no endosperm; woody plants; lvs alternate, simple, distichous, often oblique at base; fls small and inconspicuous, anemophilous, in small cymes or racemes or fascicles, or solitary and axillary. 18/150+.
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Common Names
The elm family