Publication Date:
2024-01-12
Description:
Mastichodendron Cronquist, Lloydia 9, 1946, 245 \xe2\x80\x94 Mastichodendron (Engler) H. J. Lam, Med. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijksuniv. Utrecht 65, 1939, 521; idem, Rec. Trav. bot, N\xc3\xa9erl. 36, 1940, 521 \xe2\x80\x94 Mastichodendron Jacquin in Hedwig, Genera, 1906, 116, as a synonym in Bumelia \xe2\x80\x94 Sideroxylon L., section Mastichodendron Engler, Nat. Pfl. Fam., ed. 1, IV, 1, 1897, 144.\nTrees, rarely shrubs. Leaves scattered, tertiary nerves transverse but the nerves subparallel to the secondary nerves. Stipules none. Flowers in few-flowered, axillary clusters. Sepals 5, imbricate. Corolla 5-lobed, lobes imbricate in bud. Staminodes 5, alternipetalous, inserted in the throat of the tube. Stamens 5, oppositi- and epipetalous, anthers dehiscing laterally. Ovary 5-celled, with one ovule in each cell. Fruit one-seeded, pericarp thin, seed with thin testa, scar circular, basal or basilateral, cotyledons thin, endosperm copious.
Repository Name:
National Museum of Natural History, Netherlands
Type:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Format:
application/pdf
