Surreya
R.Masson & G.KadereitTaxon 62: 109 (2013)
Taxonomic status
Accepted
Occurrence status
Present
Origin
Native
Degree of establishment
Native
Perennial shubshrubs to 1 m high; stems glabrous or papillate. Leaves alternate or opposite, sessile, fleshy, linear. Flowers bisexual, solitary in axis; bracts distinctly swollen at the base when fruiting; bracteoles 2, narrow ovate, subequal to slightly shorter than tepals; tepals 5, narrow ovate, papery, 1-nerved; stamens 2, on one side of the ovary, united for much of their length; ovary unilocular; style notched to bifid. Fruit an indehiscent, membranous utricle; seeds ellipsoid to pear-shaped.
Created by: Andre
Messina,
11 May 2015
Updated by: Val
Stajsic,
18 Oct. 2018

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Surreya
R.Masson & G.Kadereit