Actinodaphne campanulata var. obtusa

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Overview

Endangered

Description

Family Lauraceae

Shrubs to tall trees , evergreen or rarely deciduous ( Cassytha a parasitic vine with leaves reduced to scales ), usually aromatic . Leaves alternate, rarely whorled or opposite, simple , without stipules, petiolate . Leaf blade : unlobed (unlobed or lobed in Sassafras ), margins entire , occasionally with domatia (crevices or hollows serving as lodging for mites ) in axils of main lateral veins (in Cinnamomum ) . Inflorescences in axils of leaves or deciduous bracts, panicles (rarely heads ), racemes , compound cymes, or pseudoumbels (spikes in Cassytha ), sometimes enclosed by decussate bracts. Flowers bisexual or unisexual , bisexual only, or staminate and pistillate on different plants , or staminate and bisexual on some plants, pistillate and bisexual on others; flowers usually yellow to greenish or white, rarely reddish; hypanthium well developed, resembling calyx tube , tepals and stamens perigynous; tepals 6(-9), in 2(-3) whorls of 3, sepaloid , equal or rarely unequal, if unequal then usually outer 3 smaller than inner 3 (occasionally absent in Litsea ) ; stamens (3-) 9(-12), in whorls of 3, but 1 or more whorls frequently staminodial or absent; stamens of 3d whorl with 2 glands near base ; anthers 2- or 4-locular, locules opening by valves ; pistil 1, 1-carpellate; ovary 1-locular; placentation basal; ovule 1; stigma subsessile , discoid or capitate. Fruits drupes, drupe borne on pedicel with or without persistent tepals at base, or seated in ± deeply cup-shaped receptacle (cupule), or enclosed in accrescent floral tube . Seed 1; endosperm absent.

Genera ca. 50, species 2000-3000 (9 genera, 13 species in the flora ) : pantropical , a few species also in subtropical and temperate regions

Cassytha is sometimes placed in its own family , Cassythaceae; it is here retained in Lauraceae.[1]

Habitat

Ecology: Evergreen forest between 1,000 and 1,300 m. [2]

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Actinodaphne

There are approximately 123 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. acuminata · A. acutivena · A. akoensis · A. albifrons · A. amabilis · A. ambigua · A. angustifolia · A. archboldiana · A. areolata · A. auricolor · A. bicolor · A. borneensis · A. bourdillonii · A. bourneae · A. brasii · A. brassii · A. campanulata · A. campanulata var. campanulata · A. campanulata var. obtusa · A. candolleana · A. celebica · A. chinensis · A. cinerea · A. citrata · A. cochinchinensis · A. cochonchinensis · A. concinna · A. concolor · A. conferta · A. confertiflora · A. confertifolia · A. copelandii · A. corymbosa · A. crassa · A. cupularis · A. cuspidata · A. diadenum · A. diversifolia · A. dolichophylla · A. elegans · A. ellipticbacca · A. ellipticibacca · A. ferruginea · A. forrestii · A. foxworthyana · A. fragilis · A. fuliginosa · A. furfuracea · A. gelonioides · A. glabra · A. glauca · A. glaucina · A. glomerata · A. grandis · A. henryi · A. heterophylla · A. hirsuta · A. hongkongensis · A. hookeri · A. hypoleucophylla · A. johorensis · A. koshepangii · A. kweichowensis · A. lanata · A. lanceolata · A. lancifolia (Kago-No-Ki) · A. lawsonii · A. lecomtei · A. litseifolia · A. longifolia · A. longipes · A. macgregorii · A. macrophylla · A. madraspatana · A. magniflora · A. maingayi · A. malabarica · A. malaccensis · A. menghaiensis · A. microphylla · A. mollis · A. molochina · A. moluccana · A. montana · A. moonii · A. morrisonensis · A. multiflora · A. mushaensis · A. myriantha · A. nantoensis · A. nitida · A. obovata · A. obscurinervia · A. omeiensis · A. pallida · A. paotingensis · A. pedicellata · A. pedunculata · A. perlucida · A. philippinensis

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Further Reading

• Mohanan, M., Henry, A.N. and Nair, N.C. 1982. Some rare and fast disappearing plants discovered in Trivandrum District, Kerala. Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India 22(1): 105-108.
• Ramesh, B.R. and Pascal, J.-P. 1997. Atlas of endemics of the Western Ghats (India). Distribution of tree species in the evergreen and semi-evergreen forests. Institut Français de Pondichéry.
• Wood, C. E. Jr. 1958. The genera of the woody Ranales in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 39: 296-346.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 1, 2006.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.

Identifiers

• IUCN ID: 31222
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1019863

Footnotes

1. Henk van der Werff "Lauraceae". in Flora of North America Vol. 3. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]

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