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|accepted_name=Iteaceae
|accepted_authority=J. Agardh
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|common_names=Sweetspire Family
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|hierarchy=Iteaceae
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Iteaceae]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 8, 44
|treatment_page=page 6
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>[subshrubs, trees, vines], evergreen to semi-evergreen [deciduous]. <b>Leaves</b> alternate, simple; stipules present; petiole present; blade margins unlobed, glandular-serrate [entire]. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal or axillary racemes [panicles]. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual; perianth and androecium nearly hypogenous [3/4 epigynous]; hypanthium adnate to ovary at base, free distally; sepals 5, connate proximally; petals 5, distinct; nectary disc present; stamens 5, antisepalous, inserted at nectary margin, free, distinct; anthers introrsely dehiscent by longitudinal slits; pistils 1, 2-carpellate; ovary nearly superior [to 3/4 inferior], 2-locular; placentation axile; ovules anatropous, bitegmic, crassinucellate; styles 2, distinct or connate apically; stigmas 2, terminal, capitate. <b>Fruits</b> capsular, dehiscence septicidal. <b>Seeds</b> 20–30, dark brown or yellowish brown, narrowly fusiform or ovoid; endosperm sparse, fleshy.</span><!--

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|distribution=c;e United States;e Asia;Africa.
|discussion=<p>Genus 1, species 29 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Iteaceae, which has been included in Grossulariaceae (A. Cronquist 1981) or Escalloniaceae (R. F. Thorne 1992b), has a disjunct distribution, with <i>Itea virginica</i> in southeastern North America and other species in southeastern Africa and southeastern Asia. Molecular data place it sister to the Mexican genus Pterostemon S. Schauer within the core Saxifragales (M. Fishbein et al. 2001).</p>
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|id=kubitzki2007a
|text=Kubitzki, K. 2007. Iteaceae. In: K. Kubitzki et al., eds. 1990+. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. 9+ vols. Berlin etc. Vol. 9, pp. 202–204.
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|author=Nancy R. Morin
|authority=J. Agardh
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|family=Iteaceae
|illustrator=Barbara Alongi
|illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association
|distribution=c;e United States;e Asia;Africa.
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