Description
Family Malpighiaceae
The Malpighiaceae are trees and lianous shrubs comprising about 60 genera and 1,200 species that are further characterized by the presence of often reddish, medifixed or variously branched hairs . The leaves are simple , usually opposite, and frequently have paired glands on the petiole or base of the blade ; stipules are usually present. The flowers are mostly bisexual and are actinomorphic or weakly zygomorphic. The perianth typically consists of two whorls with 5 distinct segments in each. One or more of the sepals usually have one or more conspicuous glands. The petals are usually clawed and the limb is typically fringed or toothed . The androecium consists of usually 10 distinct or basally connate stamens in two whorls but some or half of them are commonly reduced to staminodes. The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of almost always 3 carpels, 3 distinct styles, and a superior ovary with 3 locules, each containing a single pendulous, axile ovule. The fruit is variable. -- Gerald Carr.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Geranianae
()
- (Dumortier, 1829) Takhtajan, 1997
- Order:
Vochysiales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Malpighiaceae
()
- A.l. De Jussieu, 1789
- Barbados Cherry Family
- Genus:
Gaertnera
()
- Specific epithet:
indica
- J.F.Gmel.
- Botanical name: - Gaertnera indica J.F.Gmel.
- Specific epithet:
indica
- J.F.Gmel.
- Genus:
Gaertnera
(
- Family:
Malpighiaceae
(
- Order:
Vochysiales
(
- Superorder:
Geranianae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Gaertnera
There are approximately 94 species in this genus:
G. alata · G. arenaria · G. australiana · G. bambusifolia · G. bieleri · G. bipinnatifida · G. boivinii · G. bracteata · G. brevipedicellata · G. calycina · G. calycina var. calycina · G. calycina var. variegata · G. cardiocarpa · G. chapelieri · G. chenopodifolia · G. coerulea · G. cooperi · G. crassiflora · G. crinita · G. cuneifolia · G. darcyana · G. dinklagei · G. divaricata · G. drakeana · G. edentata · G. ferruginea · G. fissistipula · G. fractiflexa · G. furcellata · G. globigera · G. grisea · G. guillotii · G. hirtiflora (Bois Banane) · G. hispida · G. humblotii · G. indica · G. inflexa · G. laurifolia · G. leucothyrsa · G. liberiensis · G. longevaginalis · G. longifolia · G. longifolia var. longifolia · G. longifolia var. pubescens · G. lowryi · G. macrobotrys · G. macrostipula · G. madagascariensis · G. microphylla · G. monstrosa · G. obesa · G. oblanceolata · G. oblanceolata var. diversifolia · G. oblanceolata var. oblanceolata · G. obovata · G. obtusifolia · G. oxycarpa · G. paniculata · G. parvipaniculata · G. pauciflora · G. pendula · G. petrinensis · G. phanerophlebia · G. phyllosepala · G. phyllostachya · G. pongati · G. psychotrioides · G. quadriseta · G. racemosa · G. raphaelii · G. richardii · G. rosea · G. rotundifolia · G. rufinervis · G. salicifolia · G. schatzii · G. schizocalyx · G. spathacea · G. sphaerocarpa · G. spicata · G. stictophylla · G. ternifolia · G. thouarsii · G. trachystyla · G. truncata · G. vaginans · G. vaginans vaginans · G. vaginata · G. viminea · G. violacea · G. violascens · G. walkeri · G. winkleri · G. zimmermannii
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Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10706010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15598596
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:556333-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 556333-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3534822
