 | This articlerelies largely or entirely on asingle source. Relevant discussion may be found on thetalk page. Please helpimprove this article byintroducing citations to additional sources. Find sources: "Lacistemataceae" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(November 2021) |
| Lacistemataceae | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Lacistema pubescens | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Lacistemataceae Mart. (1826) |
| Genera | |
Lacistemataceae is a smallflowering plant family. There are two genera:
They are small trees (to 15 metres tall) and shrubs (to 5 metres tall) that are native to the subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas (also known as theNeotropics).
The leaves are on alternate sides of the stem and maybe surrounded by a pair ofstipules.
TheInflorescence located between the leaf and the stem (axil) are eithercatkins (inLacistema) orracemes (inLozania).
Each flower (mostly bisexual) approximately one millimetre in length consist of a disc with attached bract (in Lacistema) and sepals (in Lozania). Attached to the disc is a single stamen divided into two anthers, the single superior ovary has a single style with three stigmas.
The fruit is a capsule that splits on drying into three parts and contains one seed surrounded by an aril.
