Class
Family
Fls regular, perfect or unisexual, terminal or axillary, solitary or in few-fld cymes. Calyx-5-lobed; corolla 5–(4)-lobed; stamens 5–(4), on corolla-tube, filaments filiform. Ovary 2-loculed; style 1; stigma ± capitate; ovules several per locule. Capsule ± globose, 2-valved, septicidally dehiscent; placentae axile. Small shrubs or herb with opp., entire lvs; stipules us. reduced to a transverse line.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Category | Number |
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Indigenous (Endemic): Extinct | 1 |
Total | 1 |