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Neotropical Euphorbiaceae s.l.
Jablonskia
SUMMARY
Tree or shrub, monoecious. Exudate absent*. Unarmed*. Glabrous throughout. Stipules free*, simple, unlobed, entire *, not spine-like*, not leaf-like*, without glands. Leaves distributed evenly along stem, alternate (distichous), simple, unlobed, base symmetrical, margin entire, blade not pellucid-punctate; glands present at leaf base and margin; venation pinnate; domatia absent*; stipel-like appendages absent*. Petiole present, without swellings or bends at base or apex*. Inflorescence without axis, axillary, glomerulate; bracts quite conspicuous, not leaf-like*, green; pedicels absent or present, very short (flowers almost sessile), not articulated*. Male flowers: sepals 5, imbricate, partially fused, greenish; petals 0; disc glands outside the staminal whorl (extrastaminal), free; stamens 5, free; anther without conspicuous modification, thecae introrse in bud; pistillode present. Female flowers: sepals 5, imbricate, partially fused, greenish; petals 0; disc surrounding the ovary*; ovary locules 3, ovules per locule 2; styles 3*, free, 2-branched (i.e. each style divided, ultimate divisions per locule 2), styles or stigmas not flat*, surface smooth*; staminodes absent. Fruit dehiscent (irregularly) or indehiscent, unsculptured*, greenish to brown; seed fully covered by a fleshy outer layer (sarcotesta); embryo flat, not minute, cotyledons leaf-like.
An asterisk * indicates a state has been assumed but not yet confirmed.
World Checklist: 1 sp.: Jablonskia congesta.