Andromedeae |
Andromedeae
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Traditionally this tribe was broadly
circumscribed, including genera here placed in Lyonieae, Gaultherieae,
and Oxydendreae (Stevens, 1971). As traditionally delimited the group
clearly is paraphyletic (Fig. 7; see also discussion
in Stevens, 1995; Kron et al., 1999b). In this |
Andromedeae
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Andromedeae Klotzsch, Pfl. Abbild.
Beschr.: 1838. – Type genus: ndromeda L.Andromedinae D. Don, New
Philos. J. Edinburgh 17: 157. 1834 (as Andromedeae). |
Shrubs, evergreen, with, non-ericoid,
entire or serrulate leaves, convolute or revolute in bud. Secondary phloem
with bands of fibers in Zenobia, these lacking in Andromeda; leaf epidermal
cells ± lignified in Andromeda, but unlignified in Zenobia. Indumentum
of multicellular hairs lacking except for ± globose, eglandular
hairs associated with serrations of Zenobia. Inflorescence axillary or
terminal, ± fasciculate; bracts present, bracteoles paired, basal;
calyx |
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