Class
Family
Fls small, in axillary or terminal racemes; calyx tube adnate to ovary, lobes persistent; petals imbricate; stamens 5. Ovary 3–5-celled, style persistent; stigmas capitate, 3–5-lobed. Capsule obovoid to ellipsoid, 3–5-valved, inferior to half-superior. Shrubs or trees with alt., coriac., exstipulate lvs, us. with marginal glandular teeth. Young branchlets, lvs, peduncles and pedicels ± viscid and invested with lepidote scales.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Category | Number |
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Indigenous (Endemic) | 3 |
Total | 3 |