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Flagellaria family
Flagellariaceae
トウツルモドキ科
A monotypic family distributed from tropical Asia to the Pacific and Africa. Only Flagellaria indica is known; in Japan it grows natively in Okinawa and the Ogasawara Islands. A climbing herb whose leaf tips are modified into tendrils that twine around other plants.
Key Characteristics
- ●Leaf tips are modified into tendrils that twine around other plants
- ●Stems are slender and elongate, climbing along forest edges
- ●Flowers are small, white, in panicle inflorescences
- ●Fruit is a spherical berry
Morphological Traits
A family may include species with different trait values — multiple values indicate the range within the family.
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf type
Simple
Venation
Parallel
Leaf margin
Entire
Growth form
Vine
Evergreen/Deciduous
Deciduous
Leaf dissection
Undivided
Petal count
6 petals
Petal fusion
Free
Ovary position
Superior
Plant sex
Hermaphrodite
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Monocots > Poales > Flagellariaceae
Divergence Era
Paleogene
Representative Genera
Related Evolution Events
- ・Structural innovation toward climbing habit through tendril modification of leaf tips
- ・Wide dispersal along tropical coasts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans
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