Santalaceae

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Santalaceae - chiefly tropical herbs or shrubs or trees bearing nuts or one-seeded fruitfamily Santalaceae, sandalwood familydilleniid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsorder Santalales, Santalales - order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary; many are parasitic or partly parasitic usually on rootsgenus Santalum, Santalum - parasitic trees of Indonesia and Malaysiagenus Buckleya - small genus of Asiatic and American parasitic shrubsComandra, genus Comandra - small genus of chiefly North American parasitic plantsEucarya, Fusanus, genus Eucarya, genus Fusanus - quandong treesgenus Pyrularia, Pyrularia - small genus of chiefly Asiatic parasitic shrubs

Santalaceae

[‚san·tə′lās·ē‚ē] (botany) A family of parasitic dicotyledonous plants in the order Santalales characterized by dry or fleshy indehiscent fruit, plants with chlorophyll, petals absent, and ovules without integument.

Santalaceae

(sandalwoods), a family of dicotyledonous plants including herbs, shrubs, and—less frequently—small trees. The plants, which are for the most part hemiparasitic on the branches and roots of other plants, have green leaves and root suckers (haustoria). Some are parasites with leaves reduced to scales. The small, usually inconspicuous leaves are in inflorescences or, less frequently, are solitary. The fruit is a nut or drupe.

There are 30 to 35 genera, embracing about 400 species; they grow in both hemispheres, most often in dry tropical and subtropical regions. The USSR has one genus, Thesium, which includes more than 20 species. The genus consists of perennial, often hemiparasitic herbs; the most common species is T. arvense (formerly T. ramosum). The sandalwood tree (Santalum album) has the greatest practical significance.

REFERENCE

Takhtadzhian, A. L. Sistema i filogeniia tsvetkovykh rastenii. Moscow-Leningrad, 1966.

Santalaceae

Related to Santalaceae: Loranthaceae

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Synonyms for Santalaceae

noun chiefly tropical herbs or shrubs or trees bearing nuts or one-seeded fruit

Synonyms

family Santalaceae
sandalwood family

Related Words

dilleniid dicot family
order Santalales
Santalales
genus Santalum
Santalum
genus Buckleya
Comandra
genus Comandra
Eucarya
Fusanus
genus Eucarya
genus Fusanus
genus Pyrularia
Pyrularia