Habit: Buds superposed, naked.
Inflorescence: generally raceme, drooping.
Flower: calyx minutely [(0)]5(9)-toothed; corolla lobes 5(10); stamens 10(16), filaments generally fused at base; ovary +- superior.
Fruit: 3-valved, partly dehiscent capsule [indehiscent (nut-like) or drupe], +- spheric.
Species In Genus: +- 130 species: range of family; some bark resins medicinal.
Etymology: (Greek: name of Theophrastus for plant providing gum storax)
Jepson eFlora Author: Peter W. Fritsch
Reference: Fritsch 2001 Molec Phylogen Evol 19:387--408
Unabridged Reference: Fritsch 1996 Aliso 14:205--218; Fritsch 1999 Syst Bot 24:356--378; Fritsch 2001 Molec Phylogen Evol 19(3)387--408Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange)
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