Denhamia
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Denhamia is a genus of plants fromthe spindle tree family (Celastraceae).
description
Denhamia are bare trees or shrubs. The leaves are alternate and have entire or toothed margins.
The inflorescence is axillary or terminal and sympodial . The flowers are bisexual and five-fold, the disc is ring-shaped, fleshy and five-lobed.
The dust bag open along the center of the flower out of the ovary is two to fünffächrig, each compartment there are two to ten upright ovules .
The fruit is an egg-shaped or spherical, bony capsule that opens along the compartments and contains one or more seeds . The seeds are elliptical or egg-shaped and rich in protein, the aril includes the seeds only at the base.
distribution
The genus is native to eastern and northern Australia, where it occurs from humid forests to dry thickets.
Systematics
The genus includes seven species:
- Denhamia celastroides (F.Muell.) Jessup
- Denhamia moorei Jessup
- Denhamia obscura (A.Rich.) Meisn.
- Denhamia oleaster (Lindl.) F.Muell.
- Denhamia parvifolia Sm.
- Denhamia pittosporoides F. Muell.
- Denhamia viridissima F.M.Bailey & F.Muell.
proof
- MP Simmons: Celastraceae. In: Klaus Kubitzki (Ed.): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants - Volume VI - Flowering Plants - Dicotyledons - Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales. 2004, pp. 29-64
