Class
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Elaeagnaceae
Description
Trees or shrubs, often dioecious, with peltate or stellate scales. Lvs alternate, rarely opposite, entire, exstipulate. Fls in fascicles, racemes, spikes or more rarely solitary, ☿ or unisexual. Calyx ± 2–4-lobed, valvate, constricted and persistent round ovary; calyx tube extending beyond ovary to form a hypanthium. Corolla 0. Stamens as many as and alternating with or twice as many as calyx segments; filaments free; ♀ fls lacking staminodes. Ovary superior, sessile, 1-locular; ovule 1, basal; style terminal. Fr. superficially drupe-like, but really an achene enclosed by the fleshy hypanthium. Endosperm 0 or scanty.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Exotic: Casual | 3 |
| Total | 4 |
Bibliography
Cronquist, A. 1988: The evolution and classification of flowering plants. The New York Botanic Gardens, New York.
Kubitzki, K. 2004: VI Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons: Celestrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales. Kubitzki, K. (ed.) The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Spinger-Verlag, Berlin. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
