Ximeniaceae |
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Cuccuini, P. (1999) Olacaceae in Flora of Somalia 2: 127-128 Plants trees or shrubs; branches usually spiny. Leaves alternate, entire. Inflorescences usually axillary clusters or pedunculate cymes, sometimes of solitary flowers. Flowers 4-5-merous, bisexual; calyces small, 4-5-lobed; petals 4-5, valvate, linear-oblong, inner surfaces densely pilose, outer surfaces glabrous or sparsely pubescent; stamens 8(-10), free, 4 opposite the petals, 4 alternate with them; filaments filiform; anthers linear-oblong, erect, longitudinally dehsicent; ovaries superior, 3(-4)-partite almost to the top; ovules 3-4, anatropous; styles short; stigmas capitate. Fruits drupes, ovoid to globose. The family Ximeniaceae includes only one genus, Ximenia. It was included in an admittedly paraphyletic Olacaceae by APG4 but its recognition as a distinct family is supported by Nickrent et al. (2010) and Su et al. (2015).The above description is based on the treatment of the genus in the Flora of Somalia. Key to the species of Ximenia in Somaliland and Somalia. @Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reproduced with permission. References Nickrent, D.L., Malécot, V., Vidal-Russell, R. & Der, J.P. 2010. A revised classification of Santalales. Taxon 59: 538–558. Su, H., Hu, J., Anderson, F.E., Der, J.P. and Nickrent, D.L. (2015), Phylogenetic relationships of Santalales with insights into the origins of holoparasitic Balanophoraceae. Taxon, 64: 491-506. https://doi.org/10.12705/643.2
Nickrent, D.L., Malécot, V., Vidal-Russell, R. & Der, J.P. 2010. A revised classification of Santalales. Taxon 59: 538–558. Su, H., Hu, J., Anderson, F.E., Der, J.P. and Nickrent, D.L. (2015), Phylogenetic relationships of Santalales with insights into the origins of holoparasitic Balanophoraceae. Taxon, 64: 491-506. https://doi.org/10.12705/643.2 |
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