Monimiaceae

Members of Monimiaceae are evergreen trees or shrubs, rarely woody vines (lianas). The leaves are simple and mostly oppositely arranged. The flowers are unisexual or bisexual and are usually perigynous with a well-developed receptacle. The tepals are inconspicuous and rarely differentiated into sepals and…

The second largest family, Monimiaceae, has 22 genera and 200 species, less than 10 percent of Laurales species. This family is also found in tropical and subtropical regions, but it is less extensively distributed and occurs mainly in the warmer areas of the Southern Hemisphere. The type genus, Monimia,…

…sorts occurs in Laurelia (Monimiaceae) and Beilschmiedia (Lauraceae) of the order Laurales: in some of these pollen grains are two-celled, in others they are three-celled, and in still others the sperm cells are in the process of forming as the pollen is liberated.