Datiscaceae

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familyDatiscaceae

Dumortier

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 59. Mentioned on page 61.

Herbs or subshrubs, perennial. Leaves alternate, pinnately incised to compound, sometimes simple; stipules absent; petiole present. Inflorescences axillary fascicles. Flowers usually unisexual (mostly bisexual in Datisca glomerata); calyx unequally 4–9-lobed; petals 0; staminate flowers: stamens [6–]8–12[–25]; filaments distinct, very short; pistillate flowers: calyx tube adnate to ovary; ovary inferior, 3–8-carpellate; placentation parietal; ovules 24–64; styles 3, threadlike, deeply forked at apex [subulate or longer with capitate-peltate or clavellate stigmas]; bisexual flowers often with staminodes. Fruits capsular, opening apically between styles. Seeds 100–300; embryo straight; endosperm little or none.

Distribution

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|sw United States;nw Mexico;sw Asia (Mediterranean region to the Himalayas).

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| }} sw United States, nw Mexico, sw Asia (Mediterranean region to the Himalayas).

Discussion

Genus 1, species 2 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.