The pistil 3 celled . Ovary 3 locular. Stylar canal present. Outer integument contributing to the micropyle, or not contributing to the micropyle. Polar nuclei fusing prior to fertilization.
Capsules apically loculicidal.
Fruit many seeded. Embryo well differentiated. Geography, cytology . Holarctic, Paleotropical, Neotropical, Cape, and Antarctic. Temperate to tropical.