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Onagraceae
Onagraceae
(Evening Primrose Family)
Habit
- mostly herbs (shrubs or trees)
Leaves
-
simple,
stipulate or
estipulate
Inflorescence
- various
Flowers
-
perfect,
regular;
hypanthium
adnate to
ovary
Sepals
- mostly 4,
distinct or
connate, sometimes
petaloid
Petals
- mostly 4,
distinct
Stamens
- mostly 8,
distinct
Gynoecium
-
syncarpous of 4
carpels;
ovary inferior
Fruit
- mostly a
capsule
(achene,
nut or
berry)
Diversity
- 17 genera/ca. 700 species
Distribution
- cosmopolitan, especially prominent in western North America
Economics
- cultivated ornamentals
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