TREATMENT FROM THE JEPSON MANUAL	previous taxon | next taxon Jepson Interchange (more information)
	©Copyright 1993 by the Regents of the University of California Print edition is available from the University of California Press

TAMARICACEAE

TAMARISK FAMILY

Dieter H. Wilken

Shrubs, trees, much-branched, often in saline habitats
Stem: trunk bark rough
Leaves alternate, sessile, entire
Inflorescence: racemes or spikes; bracts scale-like
Flower: sepals 4–6, generally free, overlapping; petals 4–5, overlapping, generally attached below nectary; stamens 4–10, attached to disk-like nectary; ovary 1-chambered, placentas parietal or basal, ovules 2–many, styles 2–5
Fruit: capsule, loculicidal
Seeds many, hairy
Genera in family: ± 5 genera, 100 species: Eurasia, Africa, especially Medit.