Alseuosmiaceae is a plant

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

of the order

Asterales Asterales () is an order of dicotyledonous flowering plants that includes the large family Asteraceae (or Compositae) known for composite flowers made of florets, and ten families related to the Asteraceae. While asterids in general are charact ...

found in Australia, New Caledonia, and New Zealand. They are

shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...

s with leaves arranged in spirals or whorls about the stem. The flowers are solitary or borne in raceme or

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inflorescences. Some species have fragrant flowers. The flower corolla is urn-shaped or funnel-shaped with 4 to 7 lobes. There are 4 to 7

stamen The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...

s and one

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tipped with a two-lobed stigma. The fruit is a fleshy berry.Watson, L. and M. J. Dallwitz. 1992 onwards
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Alseuosmia ''Alseuosmia'' is a genus of five species of flowering plants in the family Alseuosmiaceae, growing in New Zealand's North Island. Species members are characteristically small evergreen shrubs. An example occurrence of species representative ''A ...

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Crispiloba ''Crispiloba'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants containing the single species ''Crispiloba disperma'', native to Queensland in Australia. ''Crispiloba disperma'' is a shrub species that grows to 4 metres tall. It produces fragrant white ...

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Periomphale ''Periomphale balansae'' is a species of shrub in the Alseuosmiaceae family. It is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zo ...

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Platyspermation ''Platyspermation'' is a genus of plant in family Alseuosmiaceae Alseuosmiaceae is a plant family of the order Asterales found in Australia, New Caledonia, and New Zealand. They are shrubs with leaves arranged in spirals or whorls about the s ...

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Wittsteinia ''Wittsteinia'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Alseuosmiaceae. The genus was first formally described by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in '' Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae'' in 1861. The name honours Dr Georg Christian ...

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Asterales families Australasian realm flora {{Asterales-stub