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(Last Modified On 7/16/2013)
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(Last Modified On 7/16/2013)
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Genus
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Dodonaea Miller
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Gard. Dict., abr. ed. 4. 1754.
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Note
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TYPE: D. viscosa (L.) Jacq.
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Synonym
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Empleurosma Bartl. in Lehm., PI. Preiss. 2: 228. 1847. TYPE: E. virgata Bartd. = Dodonaea pinifolia Miq.
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Description
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Shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, simple or pinnate; stipules absent. Thyrses terminal or lateral, solitary, racemose, corymbose or paniculate. Flowers unisexual or polygamo-dioecious; sepals 2-5, imbricate or valvate; petals absent; disc obsolete in the staminate flowers, small in the pistillate flowers; stamens 5-8, the filaments short, the anthers linear-oblong, obtusely tetragonous; style 3- to 6-parted, the ovules 2 in each cell. Fruits membranous or coriaceous capsules, 2- to 6-angled, the cells 1- or 2-seeded, the angles acute, obtuse or broadly winged; seeds obovoid, subglobose or lenticular, lacking an aril, the testa crustaceous or coriaceous; embryo circinate.
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Habit
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Shrubs or small trees
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Distribution
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Radlkofer (1933-1934) lists 54 species, all but 2 of which are found in Aus- tralia. One species is found in tropical America.
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