Authors
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Marian C. Munro
Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS
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Ruth E. Newell
E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
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Nicholas M. Hill
Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Keywords:
Magnoliophyte, dicots, Diapensia
Abstract
Mostly evergreens, this is a family of herbs or shrubs with basal leaves. Of 18 species, a single one reaches Nova Scotia, and only in northern Cape Breton. Typically flowers are white or pink, perfect and regular. Borne singly or in racemes, each is five-merous, but for the three-parted ovary. Fruits are capsules.
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
