Omphalea ( lat. Omphalea ) - a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae ( Euphorbiaceae ).
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Content
Description
Monoecious trees , shrubs and creepers . Leaves are evergreen or falling, with cirrus or palmate venation, stipules are falling, simple.
Inflorescences are terminal, in the form of a brush or panicle. Flowers deprived of a corolla , stamens on pedicels, with a 3-5-leaf calyx, pistillate flowers are almost sessile or also on pedicels, with 4-5 sepals falling. Stamens in the number 2-3, fused into the tube. Pestles also fused with a 2-3-lobed tube.
The fruit is a berry-shaped capsule , the seeds are almost spherical.
Range
Representatives of the genus are widespread in tropical regions of the world, are absent only on the islands of the Pacific Ocean .
Systematics
Synonyms
- Duchola Adans. , 1763, nom. superfl.
- Hebecocca Beurl. , 1856
- Hecatea Thouars , 1804
- Neomphalea Pax & K. Hoffm. , 1919
- Omphalandria P. Browne , 1756, nom. rej.
- Ronnowia Buc'hoz , 1779, nom. superfl.
Views
- Omphalea ankaranensis LJ Gillespie , 1997
- Omphalea bracteata ( Blanco ) Merr. , 1918
- Omphalea brasiliensis Müll.Arg. , 1863
- Omphalea celata piforst. 1995
- Omphalea commutata Müll.Arg., 1863
- Omphalea diandra L. , 1759
- Omphalea ekmanii Alain , 1971
- Omphalea frondosa juss. ex Baill. , 1858
- Omphalea grandifolia Merr., 1920
- Omphalea hypoleuca Griseb. , 1865
- Omphalea malayana Merr., 1916
- Omphalea mansfeldiana Mildbr. , 1936
- Omphalea megacarpa Hemsl. , 1897
- Omphalea occidentalis Leandri , 1939
- Omphalea oleifera Hemsl., 1882
- Omphalea oppositifolia ( Willd. ) LJGillespie, 1997
- Omphalea palmata Leandri, 1939
- Omphalea papuana Pax & K. Hoffm., 1914
- Omphalea queenslandiae FMBailey , 1889
- Omphalea sargentii Merr., 1920
- Omphalea triandra L., 1759
- Omphalea trichotoma Müll.Arg., 1863
Notes
- ↑ 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 .
Literature
- Webster, GL 195. Omphalea L. // The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. - Springer, 2014 .-- Vol. Xi. - P. 159. - 331 p. - ISBN 978-3-642-39416-4 .