Trees or shrubs, deciduous. Branches sympodial. Stipules absent. Leaves spirally arranged, simple, petiolate; leaf blade pinnately veined. Inflorescences appearing before leaves, composed of 6--12 clustered flowers borne in axils of bracts at base of a leafy shoot. Flowers bisexual. Perianth absent. Stamens 6--19, in one series. Carpels 8--31, free, in one series, stipitate, with 1--3 ovules attached below ventral suture. Fruit stalked, composed of several stipitate samaras. Endosperm copious, oily; embryo small.
The Family Eupteleaceae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subfamily (1): Euphorbioideae
- Tribe (1): Euphorbieae
- Genus (1): Euptelea
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Family Eupteleaceae.
Euptelea is a genus of two species of flowering plants. The genus is found from Assam east through China to Japan, and consists of small trees or shrubs: [more]
At least 7 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Euptelea.
More info about the Genus Euptelea may be found here.
- Kuan Ke-chien. 1979. Eupteleaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 27: 19--20.
- Dezhi Fu & Peter K. Endress "Eupteleaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 6 Page 123. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
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