Ternstroemia
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.
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Family
Theaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Genus Description - Glabrous trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, entire, spirally arranged. Flowers 5-merous, bisexual, solitary, axillary; bracteoles opposite; calyx denticulate, the outer 2 sepals smaller; corolla of free or basally connate petals; stamens numerous, in 2-4 series, the filaments connate, shorter than the anthers, the exterior series adnate to corolla, the anthers opening by longitudinal slits; ovary of 2- 3 connate carpels, sometimes appearing 4-6-locular owing to false partitioning, the ovules pendulous, 2-20 per locule, the styles connate or 2-3-branched, the stigma lobate or minute. Fruit an indehiscent or dehiscent leathery berry, with persistent style, subtended by the persistent sepals; seeds few.
Distribution and Ecology - A tropical genus of about 100 species