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Alzatea verticillata
3-654.17.00Genus: 1 species.
Region: tropical South America., Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Bolivia.
Habitat: moist submontane forests.BotanySmall flowering tree.
Leaves: opposite, obovate or elliptical.
Flowers: actinomorphic; bisexual; lack a corolla; similar to Myrtaceae but the ovary is superior.
Fruit: loculicidal capsule.TaxonomyThe closest relatives of Alzatea are in the families Penaeaceae, Oliniaceae, Rhynchocalycaceae of southern Africa.
Region: tropical South America., Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Bolivia.
Habitat: moist submontane forests.BotanySmall flowering tree.
Leaves: opposite, obovate or elliptical.
Flowers: actinomorphic; bisexual; lack a corolla; similar to Myrtaceae but the ovary is superior.
Fruit: loculicidal capsule.TaxonomyThe closest relatives of Alzatea are in the families Penaeaceae, Oliniaceae, Rhynchocalycaceae of southern Africa.