Dendrocousinsia  

Trees or shrubs, dioecious?. Exudate present? Unarmed*. Glabrous throughout. Stipules free*, simple*, unlobed*, entire *, not spine-like*, not leaf-like*, glandular. Leaves distributed evenly along stem, alternate, opposite or whorled, simple, unlobed, base symmetrical, margin entire or toothed, blade not pellucid-punctate, with glands at leaf margin only; venation pinnate; domatia absent*; stipel-like structures absent*. Petiole present, or absent (leaves sessile), without swellings or bends at base or apex*, without glands. Inflorescence with axis, axillary or terminal, racemose; bracts very small with a pair of disc- or cup-shaped glands, not leaf-like*, green. Male flowers: pedicels absent (flowers sessile); sepals 3; free, greenish; petals 0; disc (position?), represented by a fringe of glandular hairs; stamens 3, free, filaments long; anther without conspicuous modification, thecae extrorse in bud; pistillode absent. Female flowers: pedicels short or absent; sepals 3; free or partially fused, fleshy, greenish; petals 0; disc surrounding the ovary, represented by a fringe of glandular hairs or scales; ovary locules 3, ovules per locule 1; styles 3, completely fused (stigmas may be free)*, entire, stigmas not flat*, surface smooth*; staminodes absent. Fruit dehiscent, not sculptured, greenish to brown; seed with caruncle, with no other covering or membranous layer; embryo flat, not minute, cotyledons leaf-like.

An asterisk * indicates a state has been assumed but not yet confirmed.

World Checklist: 3 spp.