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Koeberliniaceae Habit: Shrub or small tree, generally +- leafless, thorny, unscented. Stem: branches many, rigid, interlocking, glabrous to puberulent, smooth-papillate at 10×. Leaf: simple, alternate, generally scale-like, ephemeral. Inflorescence: raceme or +- umbel-like, axillary, bracted. Flower: radial, bisexual, small; sepals 4, free; petals 4, free; stamens 8, filaments thick, 4-angled in ×-section; ovary +- stalked, spheric, style beak-like, straight, curved, or +- coiled when dry, stigma entire, head-like, or +- 3-lobed. Fruit: berry spheric, fleshy; chambers 2, each 1--2-seeded; style base +- persistent. Genera In Family: 1 genus, 2 species: southwestern North America, Mexico, Bolivia. Note: Often included in Capparaceae. Jepson eFlora Author: Steve Boyd & Staria S. Vanderpool Reference: Holmes et al. 2008 Brittonia 60:171--184 Scientific Editor: Bruce G. Baldwin. Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Pterocarya stenoptera Next taxon: Koeberlinia |