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Martyniaceae Habit: Annual, perennial herb, glandular-hairy, generally strongly scented. Leaf: simple, opposite or alternate; stipules 0; petiole long. Inflorescence: raceme, terminal, bracted; bractlets 2, just below flower. Flower: bisexual; sepals 5, +- unequal; corolla 2-lipped, generally 5-lobed; stamens epipetalous, generally 2 long, 2 short, 1 vestigial; ovary superior, 1-chambered, placentas 2, parietal, 2-lobed, style > ovary, curved, stigma 2-lobed, flat, generally closing when touched. Fruit: capsule, drupe-like; outer layer fleshy, deciduous; inner layer ultimately exposed, woody, tip incurved, splitting to form 2 claws. Genera In Family: 4 genera, 16 species: generally +- tropical America; some cultivated. Note: No evidence that insects stuck to glands are digested. Jepson eFlora Author: Margriet Wetherwax & Lawrence R. Heckard Reference: Wagstaff & Olmstead 1997 Syst Bot 22:165--179 Unabridged Reference: Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II 2003 Bot J Linn Soc 141:399--436; Hevly 1969 Taxon 18:527--534; Bretting & Nilsson 1988 Syst Bot 13:51--59 Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti. Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Sphaeralcea rusbyi var. eremicola Next taxon: Proboscidea |