DIAPENSIACEAE

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 3

CXXX. DIAPENSIACEAE 1

Perennial herbs or dwarf shrubs. Leaves simple, exstipulate. Flowers actinomorphic, 5-merous. Petals connate towards the base. Stamens alternating with the petals; anthers opening by slits; pollen not in tetrads. Ovary superior, 3-locular; placentation axile; style 1. Fruit a loculicidal capsule.