Class
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Cistaceae
Description
Shrubs or subshrubs, sometimes annual herbs, often with volatile oils; indumentum of stellate and glandular hairs. Lvs usually opposite, rarely alternate, simple; stipules present or 0. Fls solitary or in cymes, ☿, regular, actinomorphic, often large. Sepals 3–5, the outer 2 often < inner 3; inner sepals usually persistent. Petals usually 5, less often 3 or 0, caducous, crumpled in bud. Stamens numerous; filaments free. Ovary superior, sessile, 1-locular, or incompletely septate with 3–5–(10) parietal placentae. Style simple or 0; stigmas 1 or 3, free or united; ovules numerous. Fr. a many-seeded loculicidal capsule. Seeds numerous, with ± curved embryo, endospermic.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 4 |
| Exotic: Casual | 1 |
| Total | 5 |
Bibliography
Cronquist, A. 1988: The evolution and classification of flowering plants. The New York Botanic Gardens, New York.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
