Balanopaceae

Balanopaceae

[‚bal·ə·nō′pās·ē‚ē]
(botany)
A small family of dioecious dicotyledonous plants in the order Fagales characterized by exstipulate leaves, seeds with endosperm, and the pistillate flower solitary in a multibracteate involucre.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Dec 1897.--Type: Balanops Baill.; Balanopaceae Benth.
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