Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Rousseaceae DC.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Carpodetus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2. (1776)
 Description

Fls small, panicled. Calyx-tube or receptacle turbinate, adnate to ovary; lobes 5–6, deciduous. Petals 5–6, inserted under margin of epig. disk, valvate. Stamens 5–6 alt. with petals; filaments short. Ovary half-inferior, 3–5-celled; stigma capitate; ovules ∞. Fr. globose, ind.; seeds ∞, small, axile, pend. Shrubs or small trees with alt., exstipulate lvs.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Carpodetus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)1
Total1
 Bibliography
Forster, J.R.; Forster, G. 1776: Characteres Generum Plantarum quas in Itinere ad Insulas Maris Australis Collegerunt, Descripserunt, Delinearunt, Annis. Edition 2. White, Cadell & Elmsley, London.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.