Oleaceae

Menodora Bonpl.

First published in F.W.H.A.von Humboldt & A.J.A.Bonpland, Pl. Aequinoct. 2: 98 (1812)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Colorado to Mexico, Bolivia to S. South America, S. Africa.

Descriptions

Oleaceae, F. K. Kupicha. Flora Zambesiaca 7:1. 1983

Morphology General Habit
Low shrubs or suffrutices, glabrous or hairy, rarely spinose (not in Africa).
Morphology Leaves
Leaves alternate or opposite, entire or lobed, sessile or petiolate; acarodomatia absent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence 1 to many–flowered, cymose; bracts and bracteoles absent; pedicels erect or recurved in fruit.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 5–15–lobed, segments entire or divided.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla yellow or white, usually subrotate to shortly infundibuliform, rarely (not in Africa) hypocrateriform, S (6)–lobed, often pubescent within the tube.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 2, inserted on the corolla tube, usually with relatively long filaments; anthers introrse.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary bilobed and bilocular, with axile placentation and 2 or 4 ovules per loculus; style long and slender, stigma capitate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit a bilocular capsule forming 2 cocci with membranous pericarp; dehiscence usually circumscissile.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds angular, reticulate; endosperm absent.
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Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0