Tetrameristaceae
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Pelliciera rhizophorae |
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The Tetrameristaceae are a family of plants from the order of the heather-like (Ericales) with three genera and only five species .
description
They are bushes or trees . The alternate and spirally arranged, short-stalked to sessile leaves are leathery and simple. They can be asymmetrical. The leaf margin is usually smooth. There are no stipules.
The flowers are in differently structured inflorescences. The small, hermaphrodite flowers are radially symmetrical and usually four or five-fold. They have a double perianth . There are four to five free sepals and free petals available. The flowers contain only a circle with four or five free, fertile stamens . Four or five carpels are a top permanent, syncarp ovary fused; there is a stylus and a scar. Four- or five-seeded berries are formed.
distribution
They have a disjoint area , see genera.
Genera
The family consists of three genera with five species:
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Pelliciera Planch. & Triana ex Benth. & Hook. f. : With the only kind:
- Pelliciera rhizophorae Triana & Planch. : The home is the mangrove forests of northern South America , southern Central America and the Galápagos Islands . This species has buttress roots and relatively large flowers. The fruits are dry.
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Pentamerista Maguire : home is the southern Venezuelan highlands of Guiana ;
- Pentamerista neotropica Maguire
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Tetramerista Miq. : With three kinds; Home is the western Malay Archipelago , including:
- Tetramerista glabra Miq. : Your wood is used.
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- The the tetrameristaceae on the family APWebsite (Engl.)
- The Tetrameristaceae family at DELTA by L. Watson & MJ Dallwitz. (engl.)