Stylbaceae ( Stilbaceae (lat.) ) - a family of flowering plants of the order Lamiales . Contains 12 genera and 38 [2] species.
| Stilbovye | |||||||||||||||||
 Bowkeria verticillata | |||||||||||||||||
| Scientific classification | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||
| International scientific name | |||||||||||||||||
Stilbaceae kunth | |||||||||||||||||
| Synonyms | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| Type genus | |||||||||||||||||
Stilbe PJBergius | |||||||||||||||||
| Childbirth | |||||||||||||||||
See text | |||||||||||||||||
Content
Botanical Description
Species of Stilbaceae are shrubs and shrubs , some are herbaceous plants that resemble the representatives of the Heather family ( Ericaceae ). Branches, as a rule, are densely covered with whorls of leathery, pubescent leaves . Flowers in capitate inflorescences or are located singly at the ends of shoots. The flowers are hermaphroditic, five-membered, zygomorphic, pollinated by insects ( entomophilous ). Five sepals are green, tubular or bell-shaped. Four or five petals can form a two - lipped nimbus or have the same length and shape. Four to five fertile stamens are arranged in a simple circle; they can be equal or unequal in length. Above the stamens are two ovaries . The fruit is a box .
Range
Representatives of the family have a paleotropic distribution: they are common in Africa , Madagascar , the Mascaren Islands and the Arabian Peninsula .
Taxonomy
The family includes the following 12 [2] births:
- Anastrabe E. Mey. ex benth.
- Bowkeria Harv.
- Campylostachys kunth
- Charadrophila marloth
- Euthystachys A.DC.
- Halleria L.
- Ixianthes Benth.
- Kogelbergia Rourke [3] [4]
- Nuxia Comm. ex lam.
- Retzia Thunb.
- Stilbe PJ Bergius typus
- Thesmophora rourke
Notes
- β For the conventionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
- β 1 2 The Plant List : Stilbaceae
- β Rourke, John Patrick. 2000.30 (1): 12-13
- β Tropicos, Kogelbergia Rourke
Links
- Die Familie Stilbaceae bei der APWebsite (engl.)
- Die Familie bei DELTA.