Forestiera godfreyi

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Overview

Threatened

Common Names

Description

Family Oleaceae

Trees or erect or scandent shrubs . Branches and branchlets lenticellate . Leaves opposite, rarely alternate or whorled , simple , trifoliolate , or pinnately compound , without stipules; venation pinnate or palmate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary , in cymes, panicles, racemes , umbels, or fascicles. Flowers actinomorphic , bisexual , rarely unisexual or polygamous and plants monoecious, dioecious, or polygamodioecious. Calyx 4(-16) -lobed or -parted, rarely absent. Corolla 4(-16) -lobed, sometimes almost free to base , rarely absent; lobes sometimes united in pairs at base or into a very short tube . Stamens 2(-4), inserted on corolla tube or hypogynous; anthers dehiscing longitudinally; pollen 3-colpate or 3-colporate. Ovary superior, 2-loculed; ovules 2 in each locule, sometimes 1 or numerous . Style 1 or absent; stigma 2-lobed or capitate. Fruit a drupe, berry, capsule, or samara. Seeds with straight embryo, with or without endosperm; radicle curved upward or downward.

About 28 genera and over 400 species: tropical , subtropical , and temperate regions of world, but mainly in Asia. China has 10 genera and 160 species (95 endemic) and is the center of diversity for the genera Forsythia, Syringa, Osmanthus, and Ligustrum.

Many genera are important economically: Fraxinus and Forsythia (medicinal, ornamental ) ; Jasminum, Osmanthus, and Syringa (spice, ornamental) ; Olea (oil ) ; and Fraxinus (timber) .[1]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 21 meters (70 feet).[2]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 8a, 8b, 9a. (map)

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

Members of the genus Forestiera

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 60 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

F. acumianta · F. acuminata (Eastern Swamp Privet) · F. angustifolia (Narrowleaf Forestiera) · F. angustifolia 'Pendula' (Weeping Texas Swamp Privet) · F. arizonica · F. autumnalis · F. cartaginensis · F. cassinoides · F. corollata · F. cuneifolia · F. disticha · F. durangensis · F. ecuadorensis · F. eggersiana (Inkbush) · F. ekmanii · F. glauca · F. globularis · F. godfreyi (Godfrey's Swampprivet) · F. heterophyla · F. hondurensis · F. jacquiniana · F. ligustrina (Upland Swamp Privet) · F. ligustrina var. pubescens · F. lingustrina · F. macrocarpa · F. neo-mexicana · F. neomexicana · F. nitida · F. parvifolia · F. phillyreoides · F. pinetorum · F. polyandra · F. porulosa · F. porulosa var. segregata · F. prinoides · F. puberula · F. pubescens (New Mexican Privet) · F. pubescens var. glabrifolia Shinners · F. pubescens neomexicana · F. pubescens var. pubescens Nutt. · F. pubescens var. glabrifolia (Stretchberry) · F. pubescens var. pubescens (New Mexico Forestiera) · F. racemosa · F. rericulata · F. reticulata (Net-Leaf Forestiera) · F. retusa · F. rhamnifolia (Caca Ravet) · F. rhamnifolia var. martinicensis · F. rotundifolia · F. segregata (Florida Swamp Privet) · F. segregata pinetorum (Florida Pinewood Privet) · F. segregata stenocarpa · F. segregata var. pinetorum (Florida Swampprivet) · F. segregata var. segregata (Florida Swampprivet) · F. segregata var. stenocarpa · F. selleana · F. shrevei (Desert Olive) · F. sphaerocarpa · F. tomentosa · F. wrightiana

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Further Reading

• Chang Mei-chen, Miao Bo-mao, Lu Rui-ling, & Qiu Lian-qing in: Chang Mei-chen & Qiu Lian-qing, eds. 1992. Oleaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 61: 1-222.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
• USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2667131
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-502637
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:906135-1
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 502637
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 906135-1
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDOLE020C0
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: FOGO
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 35357

Footnotes

1. Mei-chen Chang, Lien-ching Chiu, Zhi Wei & Peter S. Green "Oleaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 272. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Standard Deviation = 22.310 based on 10 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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