3-80 Santalaceae, sandalwood family

Marian C. Munro; Ruth E. Newell; Nicholas M. Hill

Authors

Marian C. Munro Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS
Ruth E. Newell E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Nicholas M. Hill Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Keywords:

Magnoliophyte, sandalwood family, dicots, Geocaulon, Comandra, toadflax,

Abstract

Cosmopolitan in distribution, the family counts about 400 species of parasitic plants. Only two species reach Nova Scotia, both perennials parasitic on the roots of other vascular plants. Leaves are simple, entire or reduced to bracts. Perfect flowers are variously arranged, all unisexual with 4–tepals, forming a tube. Stamens of equal number, opposing the tepals. A nectary disk sits atop the ovary. Fruit is a nut or drupe with a single seed. David Mazerolle and Sean Blaney provided images for this section.

Author Biographies

Marian C. Munro, Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS

Curator of Botany (NSPM)

Ruth E. Newell, E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Curator of the E. C. Smith Herbarium (ACAD)

Nicholas M. Hill, Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Director; Adjunct Professor