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Melet. Bot., 34. 1832.
Introduced
Etymology: Greek brachys, short, and chiton, tunic, evidently alluding to covering of short hairs on seeds
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 189.
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Latest revision as of 22:20, 5 November 2020
Trees [shrubs], trunks often swollen proximally, plants monoecious. Leaves: stipules caducous [persistent]; blade often lobed, base usually cuneate to truncate or cordate, margins usually entire or serrate, palmately or pinnately veined. Flowers functionally unisexual; sepals ± valvate, basally connate; nectaries 0 or 10–16; stamens (staminodes in pistillate flowers) [10–]25–30; anthers often crowded; ovary stalked, carpels 5, distinct; styles 5, connate; stigmas 5. Follicles woody, outsides glabrous, insides stellate-hairy. Seeds hairy. x = 20.
Distribution
Introduced; Calif., Pacific Islands (Papua New Guinea), Australia.
Discussion
Species 31 (1 in the flora).