Loganiaceae
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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
Loganiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Family Description - Fls perfect, regular, hypogynous, sympetalous, in ours 5-merous; cal ± deeply cleft, the lobes (or distinct sep) in most genera imbricate; cor salverform to tubular or campanulate; stamens on the cor-tube, alternate with the lobes; ovary superior, mostly bilocular, with few–many ovules on axile (or distally parietal) placentas; style terminal, simple or shortly 2-lobed; fr a capsule (in ours) or berry, seldom a drupe; embryo dicotyledonous, embedded in the endosperm; herbs or woody plants with opposite, simple, entire lvs; stipules usually interpetiolar, sometimes well developed and provided with colleters, sometimes (as in ours) inconspicuous or reduced to a mere line. 20/500, mostly of warm reg.
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Common Names
The logania family