Staphyleaceae
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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
Staphyleaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Family Description - Fls regular, hypogynous, pentamerous, perfect or seldom unisexual; sep and pet distinct, imbricate; stamens alternate with the pet, seated on or outside the annular nectary-disk, in which the ovary may be basally embedded; ovary mostly 2–3-locular, laterally and sometimes also apically lobed, with distinct styles or a single style (carpels distinct in Euscaphis); ovules (1–)6–12 in 2 rows in each locule on axile or basal-axile placentas, apotropous, commonly ascending, often only 1 or 2 per locule maturing; embryo straight, with 2 large, flat cotyledons, embedded in the copious, oily endosperm; shrubs or trees with opposite, pinnately compound or trifoliolate lvs, caducous stipules, and small fls in terminal or axillary drooping panicles or racemes. 5/50, irregularly widespread. The description based on the 3 genera of Staphyleoideae.
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Common Names
The bladder-nut family