Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Malpighiales Martius
Family
Euphorbiaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Aleurites J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2. 111 (1776)
 Description

Monoecious trees; sap milky. Lvs stipulate, alternate, entire or palmately lobed but not serrate. ♂ and ♀ fls mixed in terminal panicles; ♀ fls at ends of branches surrounded by several ♂. ♂ fls: calyx dividing into 2–3 segments, united in bud; petals 5; anthers 8–20; filaments sometimes branched. ♀ fls: calyx dividing into 2–3 segments; petals 5, much smaller than in ♂; ovary 2–5-celled, with 1 ovule in each cell; styles 2, deeply 2-fid. Fr. fleshy, spherical, with cells not separating at maturity.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Aleurites J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 Bibliography
Forster, J.R.; Forster, G. 1776: Characteres Generum Plantarum quas in Itinere ad Insulas Maris Australis Collegerunt, Descripserunt, Delinearunt, Annis. Edition 2. White, Cadell & Elmsley, London.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.