The Adoxaceae are a small family of flowering plants in the order Dipsacales, as now constituted comprising four genera and about 150-200 species. They are characterised by opposite toothed leaves, small five- or, more rarely, four-petalled flowers in cymose inflorescences, and the fruit being a drupe. They are thus similar to many Cornaceae. In o...
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(from the article `Dipsacales`) The fourth family, Adoxaceae, consists of Adoxa moschatellina, the muskroot, widely distributed in northern regions. It is a low-growing, perennial ...
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