| Classification |
| Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order Type: Basal Angiosperm-Dicots
Order: Austrobaileyales
Family: Schisandraceae
Family Common Name: Schisandra Family
Genera: Schisandra |
Defining Features: Plant bearing
essential oils.
Defining Morphology: Floral
Features: Flowers are solitary or inflorescences calciferous or axillary.
Flowers small, actinomorphic, unisexual and usually fragrant. Plants are
monoecious or dioecious. Ovaries are superior. Fruit and Seed Features:
Dicotyledon. Fruits are fleshy, aggregate of berries and fruiting carpel
indehiscent and baccate. Seeds are flat with oily endosperm. Vegetative
Features: Habit as lianas with scrambling or climbing stems. Leaves alternate,
spiral, simple, with entire or dentate margins. Leaves are aromatic, pinnately
veined and estipulate.
Distribution: Temperate E.
Asia to Malaysia and eastern North America.
Economic Use: As garden ornamentals.
Number of Genera Globally:
2
Number of Species Globally: 50
