Difference between revisions of "Myrtus"
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| − | --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, usually glabrous or glabrate, hairs simple, whitish. <b>Leaves</b> usually opposite or whorled; blade venation brochidodromous, obscure. <b>Inflorescences</b> 1-flowered, axillary, flowers solitary. <b>Flowers</b> 5-merous, pedicellate; hypanthium obconic; calyx lobes persisting after anthesis, distinct, small tears sometimes forming between lobes; petals whitish; stamens 100–200; ovary 2- or 3-locular, septum often incomplete centrally to apically; placenta axile, not protruding, <i>V<i | + | --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, usually glabrous or glabrate, hairs simple, whitish. <b>Leaves</b> usually opposite or whorled; blade venation brochidodromous, obscure. <b>Inflorescences</b> 1-flowered, axillary, flowers solitary. <b>Flowers</b> 5-merous, pedicellate; hypanthium obconic; calyx lobes persisting after anthesis, distinct, small tears sometimes forming between lobes; petals whitish; stamens 100–200; ovary 2- or 3-locular, septum often incomplete centrally to apically; placenta axile, not protruding, <i>V</i>- to <i>O</i>-shaped; ovules 22–34 per locule, 2-seriate. <b>Fruits</b> berries, bluish purple (pulp whitish), subglobose. <b>Seeds</b> 8–20, somewhat flattened, <i>C</i>-shaped to coiled; outer rim of seed coat hard and shiny, central portion often soft, external portion a few cells thick, not notably dense, easily broken; embryo <i>C</i>-shaped, cylindrical; cotyledons linear, ca. 1/2 as long as embryo. <b>x</b> = 11.</span><!-- |
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Latest revision as of 10:33, 9 May 2022
Shrubs or trees, usually glabrous or glabrate, hairs simple, whitish. Leaves usually opposite or whorled; blade venation brochidodromous, obscure. Inflorescences 1-flowered, axillary, flowers solitary. Flowers 5-merous, pedicellate; hypanthium obconic; calyx lobes persisting after anthesis, distinct, small tears sometimes forming between lobes; petals whitish; stamens 100–200; ovary 2- or 3-locular, septum often incomplete centrally to apically; placenta axile, not protruding, V- to O-shaped; ovules 22–34 per locule, 2-seriate. Fruits berries, bluish purple (pulp whitish), subglobose. Seeds 8–20, somewhat flattened, C-shaped to coiled; outer rim of seed coat hard and shiny, central portion often soft, external portion a few cells thick, not notably dense, easily broken; embryo C-shaped, cylindrical; cotyledons linear, ca. 1/2 as long as embryo. x = 11.
Distribution
Introduced; s Europe, n Africa.
Discussion
Species 1 or 2 (1 in the flora).
Selected References
None.