Phylica

Phylica
	Phylica nitida , flowers
Systematics
	Nuclear eudicotyledons
	Rosids
	Eurosiden I
Order :	Rose-like (rosales)
Family :	Buckthorn Family (Rhamnaceae)
Genre :	Phylica
Scientific name
	Phylica
	L.

Phylica is a genus from the family of the Buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae). It includes around 150 species that are mostly native to southern Africa.

description

Phylica are evergreen dwarf shrubs , rarely small trees. Their leaves are alternate to one another, stipules are missing.

The bisexual flowers are in narrow, heady thyrses and have extremely hairy bracts . The over the ovary protruding flower cups is bell-shaped to cylindrical, a disk may be present or absent. Unlike many genera of the family , petals are usually present. The ovary is subordinate and triple. The fruits are explosion fruits, the seeds arillate .

Distribution and systematics

The phylica comprise around 150 species. The main area of distribution is southern Africa to the south of Tanzania and Madagascar, but some species are also found on south Atlantic to sub-Antarctic islands. Within the buckthorn family , it is classified in the tribe Rhamneae . The types include:

Phylica arborea Thou.
Phylica nitida Lam.
Phylica polifolia (Vahl) Pillans
Phylica pubescens Aiton

proof

↑ ^a ^b ^c D. Medan, C. Schirarend: Rhamnaceae In: Klaus Kubitzki (Ed.): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants - Volume VI - Flowering Plants - Dicotyledons - Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales , 2004, P. 332, ISBN 978-3-540-06512-8

Web links

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[kub-1] D. Medan, C. Schirarend: Rhamnaceae In: Klaus Kubitzki (Ed.): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants - Volume VI - Flowering Plants - Dicotyledons - Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales , 2004, P. 332, ISBN 978-3-540-06512-8