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Magnoliopsida
Dichapetalaceae Baill.
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:70
Specimens with Sequences:58
Specimens with Barcodes:56
Species:30
Species With Barcodes:25
Public Records:20
Public Species:13
Public BINs:0
Dichapetalaceae is a family of flowering plants, consisting of 3 genera and about 165 species.[2] Members of this family are trees, shrubs or lianas found in tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
The species Dichapetalum cymosum of Southern Africa is highly poisonous because of fluoroacetate.
References[edit]
- ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- ^ Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/
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Shrublets, shrubs or trees. Stipules present. Leaves alternate, simple, entire. Flowers bisexual or rarely unisexual, actinomorphic or zygomorphic. Sepals 5. Petals 5, equal or unequal. Stamens 5, all fertile or 2-3 fertile and with 2 staminodes. Ovary superior or semi-inferior. Fruit drupaceous, with 3 (often reduced to 2 or 1) ± separate mericarps, 1-2-seeded.
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