Fls perfect or unisexual (the pls then dioecious), racemose, with 5 sep, 5-30 stamens, and a ring of 5-15 separate or ±connate carpels; herbs or woody pls. 35, mostly warm regions.
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.