Strasburgeriaceae
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![]() Ixerba brexioides , illustration |
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The Strasburgeriaceae are a family of flowering plants (Magnoliopsida), which consists of only two genera with one species each.
features
The two species are characterized by the following common features: At least in the flowers cells with thickened, slimy inner tangential walls; needle-shaped crystals; spirally Asked leaves with glandular-toothed edges; large flowers with spiral calyx; flat filaments; Anthers over three millimeters long. The carpels sitting epitrop with long hollow stylus that remains in the fruit; Chromosomes base number of 25.
Systematics
The two species were run as separate families for a while, but the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group merged them into one family in 2009. It thus includes the two genera:
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Ixerba A.
Cunn. : With only one type:
- Ixerba brexioides A. Cunn . ; it occurs in New Zealand
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Strasburgeria Baill. : Also with only one type:
- Strasburgeria robusta (Vieill. Ex Panch. & Sebert) Guillaumin ; it occurs in New Caledonia.
Web links
Commons : Strasburgeriaceae - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Strasburgeriaceae on the AP website, accessed January 2, 2010.
- ↑ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group : An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. In: Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. Vol. 161, No. 2, 2009, ISSN 0024-4074 , pp. 105-121, doi : 10.1111 / j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x .