Stenanthemum

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Stenanthemum
Stenanthemum emarginatum

Stenanthemum emarginatum

Systematics
Nuclear eudicotyledons
Rosids
Eurosiden I
Order : Rose-like (rosales)
Family : Buckthorn Family (Rhamnaceae)
Genre : Stenanthemum
Scientific name
Stenanthemum
Rice sec

Stenanthemum is a genus from the family of the Buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae). It is native to Australia and includes almost 30 species.

description

Stenanthemum are mostly unreinforced, hairy shrubs . The leaves are whole or toothed, their edges can be curled.

The flowers stand close together in heady groups and are surrounded by foliage and bracts . The flower cup is short to long, and the discus that has grown together with it or is only inconspicuously pronounced is bare. The partial fruits open laterally or at the extreme end and are enclosed in the permanent flower cup. The aril is three-lobed.

Distribution and systematics

Stenanthemum are native to Australia. The genus was first described by Siegfried Reissek in 1858 . Within the buckthorn family, it is classified in the tribe Pomaderreae . The genus includes almost 30 species.

The types are:

proof

  1. ↑ 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