Class
Order
Family
Fls perfect to unisexual by abortion, panicled to umbellately arranged or in fascicles, or solitary. Ovary 2–5-celled, style short; ovules few to ∞, sts aborted. Fr. a globose to ovoid or obovoid capsule with solitary to ∞ seeds; valves 2–5, us. woody or leathery, crowned by hardened remains of style; seeds often immersed in viscid fluid. Trees and shrubs with alt. to subverticillate lvs.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Category | Number |
---|---|
Indigenous (Endemic) | 25 |
Indigenous (Non-endemic) | 1 |
Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
Total | 27 |