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Botany 122:
Flowering Plant Identification

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Euphorbiaceae: Spurge Family

Family: Euphorbiaceae Spurge Family
300/7,500 12/51 pg. 567
Habit various
Stem: various
Leaves: various, stipulate
Inflorescence: various
Flower: Unisexual, monecious, or dioecious
Perianth: 5-merous
Calyx: Ø-5 sepals
Corolla: Ø-5 petals
Hypanthium: Ø
Androecium: various
Gynoecium: Syncarpous 3
Ovary position: Superior, 3 lobed
Stigma: Not distinctive
Style: 3, each 2 lobed
Fruit type: Capsule
Other:  
Representatives:  

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