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Shrub, tree, stellate-[ peltate-]hairy.
Leaf: simple, alternate, deciduous [ evergreen]; stipules 0.
Inflorescence: panicle, raceme, cyme, or flowers 1.
Flower: generally bisexual, radial, generally showy, fragrant; sepals fused, calyx [(0)]5(9)-toothed, persistent; petals (4)5(10), fused below; stamens generally 2 × petal number, fused to corolla tube, in 1 series, anthers oblong, 2-chambered, longitudinally dehiscent, yellow; ovary ± superior [to inferior], septa [2]3[5], style 1, thread-like, stigma dot-like or minutely lobed.
Fruit: capsule [ indehiscent ( nut-like, winged or not) or drupe].
Seed: 1(3)[4–50+].
11 genera, ± 160 species: US to South America; also Medit, eastern Asia; some cultivated as ornamental (Styrax, Halesia). —Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Previous taxon: Staphylea bolanderi
Next taxon: Styrax
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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