Leaves
opposite or sometimes alternate, sessile, entire
Flowers
sessile, solitary, rarely 2, in axils of upper leaves, forming a spike-like inflorescence; bracteoles 2
Calyx
: hypanthium cylindric, sometimes slightly inflated above, circumscissile just above apex of ovary
Sepals
4, equal, petaloid
Petals
4, 8, or 12, fleshy, subterete, shorter than sepals, surrounded by stiff hairs
Stamens
4, antipetalous, arising from deep in throat of hypanthium, included; anthers subsessile, basifixed, introrse, narrowly ellipsoid, sometimes with an apical appendage
Scales
0
Disc
0 or surrounding base of ovary
Ovary
1-locular, with single ovule; style arising laterally, included; stigma usually penicillate, occasionally subcapitate
Fruit
an achene, enclosed in persistent base of hypanthium
Nomenclature:
Struthiola
L.
Linnaeus: 4 (1767) name conserved
Wright: 26 (1915)
Domke: 135 (1934)
Levyns: 599 (1950)
Peterson: 33 (1978)
Bond & Goldblatt: 433 (1984)
Belvala
Adans.
Adanson: 285 (1773) name rejected
Distribution & Notes:
Southern Africa
: Species 42, Northern, Western and Eastern Cape to S KwaZulu-Natal; mostly restricted to the coastal regions
References:
ADANSON, M. 1773.
Belvala
Adans.
Familles des plantes
2. Vincent, Paris
BOND, P. & GOLDBLATT, P. 1984.
Thymelaeaceae
. Plants of the Cape Flora.
Journal of South African Botany
, Supplementary vol. 13
DOMKE, W. 1934. Untersuchungen über die systematische und geographische Gliederung der Thymelaeaceen.
Bibliotheca Botanica
27,3
LEVYNS, M.R. 1950.
Thymelaeaceae
. In R.S. Adamson & T.M. Salter,
Flora of the Cape Peninsula
. Juta, Cape Town
LINNAEUS, C. 1767.
Mantissa plantarum
. Laurentius Salvius, Stockholm
PETERSON, B. 1978.
Flora of tropical East Africa
.
Thymelaeaceae
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