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Santalaceae - Sandalwood family
Viscaceae
Hilliard, O.M. (2006) Santalaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3)
Description of the family
Trees, shrubs or herbs, sometimes parasitic or hemiparasitic. Stipules 0. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, entire, simple, sometimes reduced to scales. Flowers small, greenish or white, bisexual or unisexual, actinomorphic. Perianth of 1 whorl with 3-5 lobes. Stamens as many as perianth lobes. Ovary inferior or half-inferior, 1-locular. Stigma terminal, capitate or 5-lobed. Fruit indehiscent, dry or fleshy. Seed 1. Comment: According to APG III this family now includes the genera previously in Viscaceae. Worldwide: 43 genera and about 1000 species, ± cosmopolitan, especially tropical and warm dry zones. Botswana: 3 genera and 10 taxa. |
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Links to genera: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family
| Genus | Content |
| Osyris L. | Description, Image |
| Thesium L. | Description |
| Viscum L. | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Santalaceae:
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Flora of Malawi: SantalaceaeFlora of Mozambique: Santalaceae
Flora of Zambia: Santalaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Santalaceae
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): SantalaceaeGoogle: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Santalaceae
Wikipedia: Santalaceae
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