Hedycarya
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Hedycarya is a genus of about 16 species of flowering plants in the family Monimiaceae[2] native to eastern Australia, New Zealand, and some Pacific Islands.[1] Plants in the genus Hedycarya are shrubs, or small to medium trees with sometimes toothed leaves. The male and female flowers cup-shaped and are borne on separate plants. Male flowers usually have 8 tepals and many stamens and female flowers are have 6 to 12 tepals with many carpels. The fruit is a cluster of drupes.
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Hedycarya | |
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Hedycarya arborea | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Laurales |
Family: | Monimiaceae |
Genus: | Hedycarya J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.[1] |
Species | |
16; see text | |
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