Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: Santalales

Santalaceae - Sandalwood family

Viscaceae

Hilliard, O.M. (2006) Santalaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3)

Description of the family

Trees, shrubs or herbs, sometimes parasitic or hemiparasitic. Stipules 0. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, entire, simple, sometimes reduced to scales. Flowers small, greenish or white, bisexual or unisexual, actinomorphic. Perianth of 1 whorl with 3-5 lobes. Stamens as many as perianth lobes. Ovary inferior or half-inferior, 1-locular. Stigma terminal, capitate or 5-lobed. Fruit indehiscent, dry or fleshy. Seed 1.

Comment: According to APG III this family now includes the genera previously in Viscaceae.

Worldwide: 43 genera and about 1000 species, ± cosmopolitan, especially tropical and warm dry zones.

Mozambique: 4 genera and 37 taxa.

Osyridicarpos schimperianus

Links to genera:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

GenusContent
Osyridicarpos A.DC.Description
Osyris L.Description, Image
Thesium L.Description, Image
Viscum L.Description, Image

Other sources of information about Santalaceae:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Santalaceae
Flora of Malawi: Santalaceae
Flora of Zambia: Santalaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Santalaceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Santalaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Santalaceae
Wikipedia: Santalaceae


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Mozambique: Family page: Santalaceae.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=203, retrieved 22 March 2023

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