Spiraeopsis
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| A. Cunn. |
Spiraeopsis is a plant kind from the family of Cunoniaceae .
description
All species of Spiraeopsis are trees. The leaves are pinnate unpaired. The hairs from rounded-glandular trichomes are arranged in a star shape.
The inflorescences are axillary, often particularly large panicles , the flowers open at the same time. The disc is divided into several sections, the ovary consists of two to five fused carpels .
The flowers are protandric , sessile or almost sessile, the nectaries are segmented.
The fruits are capsules with small, winged seeds.
distribution
The genus is native to eastern Malesia and the Solomon Islands .
Systematics
The genus consists of four species, including:
proof
- JC Bradford, HC Fortune Hopkins, RW Barnes: Cunoniaceae In: Klaus Kubitzki (Ed.): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants - Volume VI - Flowering Plants - Dicotyledons - Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales , 2004, p. 91-111