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Perennial [ shrub, tree], [generally glandular-hairy].
Leaf: simple, alternate but generally clustered at stem tips, petioled, stipules 0, margins entire [spiny-toothed].
Inflorescence: generally terminal, [rarely flowers 1 in axils].
Flower: bisexual [ unisexual, plants dioecious], radial, parts generally in 5s, generally with glandular dots, lines, or pits; sepals free or united at base; corolla united at base, lobes spreading; stamens epipetalous, opposite corolla lobes, anthers forming cone as flower opens, then spreading; staminodes 5, alternate stamens, epipetalous, scale-, petal-, or stamen-like; ovary partly inferior, 1-chambered, placenta free-central or basal, style 1, stigma head-like.
Fruit: capsule [generally dry berry or drupe].
Seed: 1–many, generally yellow to orange-red.
7–9 genera, ± 100 species: generally tropical America. [Caris & Smets 2004 Amer J Bot 91:627–643] Incl in Primulaceae in TJM (1993). —Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Unabridged note: Incl in Primulaceae in TJM (1993). The partially inferior ovary as well as aspects of staminode anatomy are unusual for Primulaceae. Recent research (Källersjö et al. 2000 Amer J Bot 87:1325–1341) has shown that Samolus is a sister-taxon to Theophrastaceae, providing evidence for its removal from Primulaceae.
Previous taxon: Tamarix ramosissima
Next taxon: Samolus
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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