Lythraceae
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Lythraceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Description - Herbs, shrubs, or often trees in tropical regions, mostly with opposite leaves and perfect flowers. Stipules usually none. Calyx persistent, free from the ovary, the limb toothed. Petals as many as the primary calyx teeth, inserted on the calyx, or none. Stamens inserted on the calyx. Anthers versatile. Ovary 2-6-celled or sometimes 1-celled; style 1; ovules oo , rarely few, anatropous. Capsule 1-several-celled. Seeds without endosperm; cotyledons flat, often aurieled at the base. About 21 genera and 400 species, of wide distribution.