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Neofabricia
Sign in to saveNeofabricia is a genus of 3 species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae, endemic to Queensland. Plants in the genus Neofabricia are shrubs or small trees with yellow or white flowers arranged singly in leaf axils with many stamens, an ovary with usually 5 to 10 locules, and the fruit a woody capsule.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMyrtales
- FamilyMyrtaceae
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Neofabricia is a genus of 3 species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae, endemic to Queensland. Plants in the genus Neofabricia are shrubs or small trees with yellow or white flowers arranged singly in leaf axils with many stamens, an ovary with usually 5 to 10 locules, and the fruit a woody capsule.
==Description== Plants in the genus Neofabricia are shrubs or small trees with yellow or white flowers arranged singly in leaf axils. The flowers have many stamens with thin filaments, the anthers not swinging freely on the filaments. The ovary usually has 5 to 10, sometimes up to 15 locules, each with ovules in 2 rows. The fruit is a more or less woody capsule containing one or a few seeds.
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