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|accepted_name=Pyrularia
|accepted_authority=Michaux
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|place=2. 231. 1803
|year=1803
}}
|common_names=Buffalo or oil nut
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cervantesiaceae;Pyrularia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cervantesiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pyrularia]]</div></div>
|etymology=Genus Pyrus and Latin -aria, connecting, alluding to pear-shaped fruit
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 417
|treatment_page=page 418
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism growth form"><b>Shrubs </b>[trees], dioecious [polygamous].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties=""><b>Leaf-</b>blades herbaceous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf-blade growth form or texture;leaf-blade architecture;leaf-blade prominence">venation brochidodromous, conspicuous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="pedicel presence"><b>Pedicels </b>present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="petal orientation"><b>Flowers:</b> petals recurved [spreading];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="nectary length">nectary prolonged into scales between filament bases;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="style length or size;style shape;style height or length or size;style shape">styles long and cylindric (staminate flowers) or short and conic (pistillate flowers);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="stigma architecture or shape;stigma shape">stigma capitate, 2–3-lobed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="pseudodrupe architecture;disc size;petal base shape"><b>Pseudodrupes </b>crowned with expanded disc surrounded by swollen petal bases.</span><!--

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|distribution=e;se United States;Asia
|discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>The sexual condition in Pyrularia is not clear, which is reflected in varied descriptions. The genus has been called dioecious (M. L. Fernald 1950), subdioecious (H. A. Gleason and A. Cronquist 1991), and polygamous (Xia N. H. and M. G. Gilbert 2003). The anthers and filaments in P. pubera are smaller on pistillate flowers, do not contain pollen, and are considered staminodes. Thus, at least this species is functionally dioecious. The polygamous condition reported for the Chinese species P. edulis (Wallich) A. de Candolle requires further investigation.</p>
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name=Pyrularia
|authority=Michaux
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cervantesiaceae
|distribution=e;se United States;Asia
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication year=1803
|special status=
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|genus=Pyrularia
|disc size=expanded
|leaf-blade architecture=brochidodromous
|leaf-blade growth form or texture=herbaceous
|leaf-blade prominence=conspicuous
|nectary length=prolonged
|pedicel presence=absent
|petal base shape=swollen
|petal orientation=recurved
|pseudodrupe architecture=crowned
|stigma architecture or shape=capitate
|stigma shape=2-3-lobed
|style height or length or size=short
|style length or size=long
|style shape=conic;cylindric
|whole_organism growth form=shrub
|whole_organism reproduction=dioecious
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