Herbs, shrubs, or trees, perennial or annual, deciduous or evergreen, monoecious or dioecious. Leaves alternate [rarely opposite], simple (pinnately compound in Bischofia); stipules present [rarely absent]; petiole usually present, sometimes absent; blade margins entire or crenate-serrate; venation pinnate. Inflorescences unisexual or bisexual, axillary [rarely supra-axillary or terminal], racemelike or paniclelike [spikelike] thyrses, cymes, fascicles, or glomes, or flowers solitary. Flowers unisexual; perianth hypogynous; hypanthium absent; sepals 4–6, distinct or connate basally to most of length; petals 0 or [4–]5[–6], distinct; nectary present or absent; stamens 2–5[–50], distinct or connate, free; anthers dehiscing by longitudinal slits; pistil 1, [2–]3–10[–15]-carpellate, ovary superior, [2–]3–10[–15]-locular, placentation axile; ovules 2 per locule, anatropous or hemitropous; styles [2–]3–10[–15], distinct or connate, unbranched or 2-fid; stigmas [2–]3–10[–15] (as many as style divisions). Fruits usually capsules, dehiscence septicidal, (usually schizocarpic with cocci separating from persistent columella, coccus usually dehiscent loculicidally), sometimes berries or drupes. Seeds 1–2 per locule. SELECTED REFERENCES Hoffmann, P., H. Kathriarachchi, and K. Wurdack. 2006. A phylogenetic classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato). Kew Bull. 61: 37–53. Kathriarachchi, H. et al. 2005. Molecular phylogenetics of Phyllanthaceae inferred from five genes (plastid atpB, matK, 3'ndhF, rbcL, and nuclear PHYC). Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 36: 112–134. Levin, G. A. 1986b. Systematic foliar morphology of Phyllanthoideae (Euphorbiaceae). III. Cladistic analysis. Syst. Bot. 11: 515–530. Wurdack, K. et al. 2004. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Phyllanthaceae (Phyllanthoideae pro parte, Euphorbiaceae sensu lato) using plastid rbcL sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 91: 1882–1900. SELECTED REFERENCES Hoffmann, P., H. Kathriarachchi, and K. Wurdack. 2006. A phylogenetic classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato). Kew Bull. 61: 37–53. Kathriarachchi, H. et al. 2005. Molecular phylogenetics of Phyllanthaceae inferred from five genes (plastid atpB, matK, 3'ndhF, rbcL, and nuclear PHYC). Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 36: 112–134. Levin, G. A. 1986b. Systematic foliar morphology of Phyllanthoideae (Euphorbiaceae). III. Cladistic analysis. Syst. Bot. 11: 515–530. Wurdack, K. et al. 2004. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Phyllanthaceae (Phyllanthoideae pro parte, Euphorbiaceae sensu lato) using plastid rbcL sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 91: 1882–1900. Herbs, shrubs, or trees, perennial or annual, deciduous or evergreen, monoecious or dioecious. Leaves alternate [rarely opposite], simple (pinnately compound in Bischofia); stipules present [rarely absent]; petiole usually present, sometimes absent; blade margins entire or crenate-serrate; venation pinnate. Inflorescences unisexual or bisexual, axillary [rarely supra-axillary or terminal], racemelike or paniclelike [spikelike] thyrses, cymes, fascicles, or glomes, or flowers solitary. Flowers unisexual; perianth hypogynous; hypanthium absent; sepals 4–6, distinct or connate basally to most of length; petals 0 or [4–]5[–6], distinct; nectary present or absent; stamens 2–5[–50], distinct or connate, free; anthers dehiscing by longitudinal slits; pistil 1, [2–]3–10[–15]-carpellate, ovary superior, [2–]3–10[–15]-locular, placentation axile; ovules 2 per locule, anatropous or hemitropous; styles [2–]3–10[–15], distinct or connate, unbranched or 2-fid; stigmas [2–]3–10[–15] (as many as style divisions). Fruits usually capsules, dehiscence septicidal, (usually schizocarpic with cocci separating from persistent columella, coccus usually dehiscent loculicidally), sometimes berries or drupes. Seeds 1–2 per locule.General Information
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