[FTEA]
Tamaricaceae, D. R. Hunt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1966
- Morphology General Habit
- Xerophytic or halophytic shrubs or small trees, with slender branches and reduced subulate or scale-like, alternate, exstipulate, glandular-punctate leaves
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers in racemes or spikes or solitary, small, usually bisexual, regular, hypogynous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx and corolla distinct, 5–4-merous, imbricate, free
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Nectaries
- Disk present
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium
- Stamens as many as petals and alternate with them, or twice as many in two alternating whorls; filaments mostly free, sometimes ± united, inserted on the disk; anthers 2-thecous, opening by longitudinal slits
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium
- Ovary superior, 1-locular; carpels 3–4; placentas 2–5, basal or parietal, each with 2 or more erect anatropous ovules; styles as many as carpels, free or united below or stigmas sessile
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a capsule
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds ? with long hairs, with or without endosperm; embryo straight
[FWTA]
Tamaricaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:1. 1954
- Morphology General Habit
- Shrubs or trees, with slender branches and small scale-like alternate leaves; stipules absent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers very small, actinomorphic, usually hermaphrodite, in slender catkin-like spikes or racemes
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals 4–6, imbricate, free
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals as many as the sepals, free
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Nectaries
- Disk present
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium
- Stamens hypogynous, 5–10, free or connate at the base; anthers 2-celled, opening by longitudinal slits
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium
- Ovary superior, 1-celled, with parietal or basal placentas; styles 3–4, free or united at the base; ovules numerous, ascending
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a capsule
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds with or without endosperm, with a tuft of hairs at the apex or all round; embryo straight
Tamaricaceae Link appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 291. 1821 [16 Mar-30 Jun 1821] (1821)
Accepted by
- APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Flora of West Tropical Africa
Flora of West Tropical Africa
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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