![]() ![]() Scientific name from included genus Ruscus, from the Latin name for plants in this genus.Some cladodes look very much like true leaves, e.g.Called variously cladodes, cladophylls, or phylloclades, from the Greek klados, “branch” and phyllo, “leaf”.Some genera are “switch plants,” which lack true leaves and substitute flattened, green stems for photosynthesis.Includes Solomon’s seal ( Maianthemum species) and bear grass ( Nolina species).Found in the Northern Hemisphere, southern Africa, and northern Australia. ![]() Papery capsule (a dry, multi-chambered fruit that splits open at maturity).Berry (a usually multi-seeded fruit with a fleshy ovary wall).Ovary superior (above the attachment of other flower parts).Petals and sepals (outer flower parts) in 2 separate whorls, similar in appearance and collectively called tepals.Bisexual or unisexual, radially-symmetric flowers.Inflorescence (flower arrangement) is a panicle (branching stem with flowers opening from the bottom up) or raceme (unbranched stem with stalked flowers opening from the bottom up).Stem leaves clasping or sheathing the stem or reduced to scales. ![]()
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