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Key to families | Table of families and genera |
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Shrub [ herb, tree, vine], often ill-smelling, poisonous.
Stem: erect, flexible, branched, generally with raised, woody leaf scars; bark fibrous, tear-resistant, often green and/or ± white, at least in patches, especially when young.
Leaf: simple, alternate [ opposite, ± whorled], pinnately veined, entire, petioled; stipules ± 0.
Inflorescence: axillary cluster [ umbel, spike, raceme, or flowers 1].
Flower: bisexual [not], [3]4[6]-parted; hypanthium tubular or funnel- to bell-shaped, corolla-like; calyx lobes overlapped or not, or ± 0; petals small, alternate sepals; stamens [2,4]8[many]; disk generally present; ovary superior [1/2-inferior], 1-loculed, 1-ovuled, style 1, stigma dot-like.
Fruit: berry [ capsule].
Seed: 1.
± 50 genera, 750 species: worldwide, especially Australia, tropical Africa; some cultivated (Daphne, Edgeworthia), weedy (Thymelaea). [Van der Bank et al. 2002 Taxon 51:329–339] —Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Unabridged references: [Van der Bank, M., Fay, M. F., & Chase, M. W. 2002. Molecular phylogenetics of Thymelaeaceae with particular reference to African and Australian genera. Taxon 51: 329–339]
Leaf: deciduous; broad- ovate to obovate; petioles covering buds.
Inflorescence: nodding.
Flower: open with or before leaves; calyx lobes short; petals minute, ± scale-like, included, forming a ring; filaments ± = style, exserted.
Fruit: fleshy.
4 species: temperate North America, Mex. (Greek: name from mythology) [Nesom & Mayfield 1995 Sida 56:21–42]
Unabridged references: [Johnson 1994 Four Seasons 9(4):38–41; McMinn & Forderhase 1935 Madroño 3:117–120; Vogelman 1953 Asa Gray Bull II 2:77–82]
Stem: 1–3 m, silky-hairy in youth.
Leaf: petioles 3–6 mm; blade 2–7 cm, silky-hairy, base, tip rounded.
Inflorescence: 1–4 flowered.
Flower: short-pedicelled; hypanthium yellow.
Fruit: 8–10 mm, yellow-green, glabrous.
2n=36. Generally n or ne facing slopes, mixed-evergreen forest to chaparral, generally in fog belt; 50–400 m. San Francisco Bay Area.
Previous taxon: Dirca
Next taxon: Tropaeolaceae
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) [year] Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/IJM.html [accessed on month, day, year]
Citation for an individual treatment: [Author of taxon treatment] [year]. [Taxon name] in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, [URL for treatment]. Accessed on [month, day, year].
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