Jamesioideae
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Jamesia americana |
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| L.Hufford |
The Jamesioideae are a subfamily of the hydrangea family (Hydrangeaceae). It contains two genera with, depending on the author, four to six species.
description
All species of the Jamesioideae are shrubs. There are generally no sterile flowers . The inflorescence is four to five-fold, the petals are like roof tiles (imbricat) on top of each other. The Androeceum is diplostemon, there are three to five carpels . The fruits are capsules and contain fewer than six seeds per compartment.
distribution
The species of the genera contained here can be found from the southern USA to southwest Mexico.
Systematics
The subfamily first described by Larry Hufford in 2001 contains only two genera with very few species. The type genus is Jamesia .
proof
- L. Hufford: Hydrangeaceae. In: Klaus Kubitzki (Ed.): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Volume VI, Flowering Plants - Dicotyledons - Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales , 2004, p. 213, ISBN 978-3-540-06512- 8th