Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Rosales Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Rhamnaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Discaria Hook. (1830)
 Description

Fls axillary, fascicled or solitary; calyx free or adnate to ovary at base, of 4–5 sepals; petals 4–5, ± cucullate, or absent. Stamens 4–5 on short filaments. Disk adnate to ovary to base of calyx. Ovary ± sunk in disk, 3-lobed and 3-loculed; style slender, stigma 3-lobed. Fr. dry, nutlike, separating into 3 cocci; testa coriac. Shrubs or trees with us. rigid branches and opp. lvs.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Discaria Hook.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)1
Total1
 Bibliography
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.