Class
Family
Aromatic, evergreen shrubs. Lvs opposite, exstipulate; petioles often connate at base. Fls mostly in simple or compound terminal cymes. Bracts often large, sometimes foliose. Petals 5, mostly > 1 cm long, crumpled in bud, white or pink to purplish, often with dark blotch at base. Ovary appearing 5–(10)-locular and placentation appearing axile because of well-developed septae; style short to long; stigma large, 5–10-lobed; ovules on filiform funicles. Capsule usually 5-valved, closely invested by calyx, woody. Embryo circinate.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Category | Number |
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Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 4 |
Exotic: Casual | 1 |
Total | 5 |