Theophrastaceae


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Synonyms for Theophrastaceae

family of mainly tropical American trees and shrubs similar to those of the Myrsinaceae

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Study species: the genus Bonellia (Theophrastaceae) consists of 22 species of xerophytic shrubs and small trees distributed in dry areas of Mesoamerica, the Greater Antilles, Central America, and northern and western South America (Stahl and Kallersjo 2004).
A synopsis of Central American Theophrastaceae. Nord.
nervosa (Theophrastaceae) is an understory shrub abundant in deciduous and semideciduous forests of the Pacific coast of Central America.
A characteristic that distinguishes it from other Theophrastaceae, and from most tree and shrub species in the dry forest, is an inverse leaf phenological pattern: J.
A synopsis of Jacquinia (Theophrastaceae) in the Antilles and South America.
and the Theophrastaceae: a floral ontogenetic approach.
A floral ontogenetic study on the sister group relationships between the genus Samolus (Primulaceae) and the Theophrastaceae. Amer.
Solanaceae [141], Theophrastaceae [139], Thymelaeaceae [24],
117], Rosaceae [33, 35, 72], Theophrastaceae [139], Winteraceae
vernalis [200] Theophrastaceae Clavija euerganea Macbr.
(2005) Among species variation in floral scent composition Magnoliaceae, 11, 240, 264: Orchidaceae, 13, 15, 17, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 53, 76, 80, 98, 117, 119, 181, 243, 253, 255; Apiaceae, 31, 246; Fumariaceae, 56; Amaryllidaceae, 63; Sterculiaceae, 67; Arecaceae, 68, 137, 143; Moraceae, 82; Ranunculaceae, 85, 208, 209; Myrsinaceae, 103; Araceae, 133, 146, 262; Ericaceae, 136; Theophrastaceae, 139; Lecythidaceae, 144; Nyctaginaceae, 151; Passifloraceae, 157; Winteraceae, 239; Fabaceae, 212; Salicaceae, 245; Rutaceae, 247; Caryophyllaceae, 112; Annonaceae, 111 Phenetic and phylogenetic analysis using floral scent 13, 56, 63, 80, 112, 157, 240, Levin et al.
Theophrastaceae, Sapotaceae, Myrsinaceae, and Primulaceae are examples of the derivation of the obhaplostemonous androecium from diplostemonous ancestors.
Staminodes are sometimes petaloid, leaflike appendages that cannot be differentiated from the petals (e.g., in some Theophrastaceae, Corynocarpaceae: Figs.