Theaceae
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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
Theaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Family Description - Fls regular, mostly perfect and hypogynous or nearly so, usually 5-merous; sep imbricate, distinct or often basally connate; pet distinct or only basally connate, in ours large and imbricate; stamens mostly numerous, the filaments often united at the base into a ring or into 5 bundles opposite and adnate to the base of the pet; ovary (2–)3–5(–10)-locular; styles or style-branches (or stigmas) as many as the locules; ovules (1)2 to more often several or many in each locule; fr in ours a loculicidal capsule; trees or shrubs with alternate, simple, exstipulate lvs. 40/600, warm reg.
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Common Names
The tea family