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Rhamnaceae Buckthorn Family

Rhamnaceae Buckthorn Family. Kathy Geramnn. Rhamnaceae. 51-55 genera 900 species Most common in warmer climates Plants are synoecious Fruit is mostly drupe, berry, or schizocarpic capsule

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Rhamnaceae Buckthorn Family

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  1. RhamnaceaeBuckthorn Family Kathy Geramnn

  2. Rhamnaceae • 51-55 genera • 900 species • Most common in warmer climates • Plants are synoecious • Fruit is mostly drupe, berry, or schizocarpic capsule • Schizocarpic capsule – fruit derived from a compound ovary which breaks apart into one-carpellate segments

  3. Dwarf alder (Rhamnusalnifolia) • A low spreading shrub • Leaves are alternate, elliptic • Flowers are 3mm across with 5 yellow-green, petal-like, sepals • Fruit are red to black fleshy berries

  4. Dwarf alder (Rhamnusalnifolia) http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=RHAL http://www.uwgb.edu/BIODIVERSITY/herbarium/shrubs/rhaaln_aspect01.jpg http://www.uwgb.edu/BIODIVERSITY/herbarium/shrubs/rhaaln_flowers01.jpg

  5. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=RHAL

  6. Sources • http://www.uwgb.edu/BIODIVERSITY/herbarium/shrubs/rhaaln01.htm • http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=RHAL&photoID=rhal_003_avd.tif • http://www.borealforest.org/shrubs/shrub32.htm • Vascular Plant Taxonomy, Fifth Edition, Dirk R Walters, David J Keil, Zack E. Murrell, 2006

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