Santalaceae
-
Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
-
Family
Santalaceae
-
Scientific Name
-
Description
Family Description - Fls perfect or often unisexual, regular, commonly (and in all our spp.) epigynous, monochlamydeous, the tep usually 4 or 5, distinct or forming a valvately lobed, often fleshy hypanthial cup or tube; stamens as many as and opposite the tep; nectary-disk seated atop the ovary or lining the hypanthium; ovary (2)3(–5)-carpellate, unilocular or partitioned only at the base, the erect, free-central placenta bearing 1–4 ovules pendulous from the summit; style with a capitate or lobed stigma; embryology often unusual; fr a nut or drupe with a solitary seed lacking a testa; embryo straight, dicotyledonous, embedded in the copious endosperm; green root-parasites with exstipulate, simple, entire (sometimes reduced) lvs and small fls in diverse sorts of infls. 35/400, cosmop.
-
Common Names
The sandalwood family