SCYPHOSTEGIACEAE
NB Now considered a synonym of Salicaceae. This Plant Portrait is for the former family Scyphosteghiaceae.
Morphological description
Shrubs or treelets.
Leaves
Leaves simple, alternate, dentate; stipules small.
Inflorescence
Inflorescence.
Flowers
Flowers unisexual (plants dioecious), perianth tubular, 3-merous; ovary superior, 1-locular, numerous basal ovules; stigma broad, sessile.
Fruit
Fruit.
Seed
Seed.
Different from: Flacourtiaceae: ovules parietal. - Celastraceae: ovules few, ovary 2-many celled. - Monimiaceae: no stipules, leaves (sub)opposite.
Distribution: The family is monotypic, its only species Scyphostegia borneensis is endemic to the northern part of Borneo.
Notes: notes.
Literature: .G.G. J. van Steenis, Fl. Males. I, 5 (1957) 297-299; I, 6 (1972) 967-968; W.A. van Heel, Blumea 15 (1967) 107-125.
Spot characters (Van Balgooy): Scyphostegia 54, 76, 77, 79, 99.
Illustrations: Fig. 163. Scyphostegia borneensis Stapf (Scyphostegiaceae). a. Habit of flowering male twig; b. flowering female twig; c. opened male flower; d. young female raceme with open flower; e. tangentially cut young female flower; c- e enlarged. Reproduced from Flora Malesiana I, 5 (1956) 298, fig. 1a, b, f, g, i. e d c b a .
Image in PhytoImages for Salicaceae