The World Flora Online

Leaves simple, alternate, rarely subopposite or subverticillate, usually glandular-serrate; stipules usually absent or minute Trees or shrubs Flowers hermaphrodite or less often dioecious or polygamous, mostly in terminal or axillary racemes, panicles, or cymes; in one genus epiphyllous Stamens (4)5(6), sometimes alternating with staminodes, perigynous, free; anthers 2-celled, opening by longitudinal slits Ovary superior or inferior, syncarpous or apocarpous, 1-6-locular; ovules with axile or parietal placentation; ovules numerous; styles 1-6, free or ± joined Petals 4-5, free or rarely connate into a short tube, imbricate or valvate Disk annular or with lobes alternating with the stamens Sepals 4-5, mostly united at the base or rarely free, imbricate or valvate, often persistent Seeds few to many, with small or large embryo and copious endosperm Fruit a capsule or berry Trees or shrubs Flowers hermaphrodite or less often dioecious or polygamous, mostly in terminal or axillary racemes, panicles, or cymes; in one genus epiphyllous Stamens (4)5(6), sometimes alternating with staminodes, perigynous, free; anthers 2-celled, opening by longitudinal slits Ovary superior or inferior, syncarpous or apocarpous, 1-6-locular; ovules with axile or parietal placentation; ovules numerous; styles 1-6, free or ± joined Petals 4-5, free or rarely connate into a short tube, imbricate or valvate Disk annular or with lobes alternating with the stamens Sepals 4-5, mostly united at the base or rarely free, imbricate or valvate, often persistent Seeds few to many, with small or large embryo and copious endosperm Fruit a capsule or berry

Petals 4–5, free or rarely connate into a short tube, imbricate or valvate Disk annular or with lobes alternating with the stamens Sepals 4–5, mostly united at the base or rarely free, imbricate or valvate, often persistent Fruit a capsule or berry Seeds few to many, with small or large embryo and copious endosperm Stamens (4–)5(–6), sometimes alternating with staminodes, perigynous, free; anthers 2-celled, opening by longitudinal slits Ovary superior or inferior, syncarpous or apocarpous, 1–6-locular; ovules with axile or parietal placentation; ovules numerous; styles 1–6, free or ± joined Trees or shrubs Leaves simple, alternate, rarely subopposite or subverticillate, usually glandular-serrate; stipules usually absent or minute Flowers hermaphrodite or less often dioecious or polygamous, mostly in terminal or axillary racemes, panicles, or cymes; in one genus epiphyllous Disk annular or with lobes alternating with the stamens Sepals 4–5, mostly united at the base or rarely free, imbricate or valvate, often persistent Fruit a capsule or berry Seeds few to many, with small or large embryo and copious endosperm Stamens (4–)5(–6), sometimes alternating with staminodes, perigynous, free; anthers 2-celled, opening by longitudinal slits Ovary superior or inferior, syncarpous or apocarpous, 1–6-locular; ovules with axile or parietal placentation; ovules numerous; styles 1–6, free or ± joined Trees or shrubs Leaves simple, alternate, rarely subopposite or subverticillate, usually glandular-serrate; stipules usually absent or minute Flowers hermaphrodite or less often dioecious or polygamous, mostly in terminal or axillary racemes, panicles, or cymes; in one genus epiphyllous