Common Names
Common Names in English:
Springblossom
Description
Family Solanaceae
Herbs, shrubs
, small trees
, or climbers
. Stems sometimes prickly, rarely thorny; hairs
simple
, branched, or stellate
, sometimes glandular
. Leaves alternate, solitary or paired
, simple or pinnately compound
, without stipules; leaf blade
entire
, dentate
, lobed
, or divided
. Inflorescences terminal
, overtopped by continuing axes, appearing axillary
, extra-axillary
, or leaf opposed, often apparently umbellate
, racemose, paniculate
, clustered, or solitary flowers, rarely true cymes, sometimes bracteate
. Flowers mostly bisexual
, usually regular, 5-merous, rarely 4- or 6-9-merous. Calyx mostly lobed. Petals united
. Stamens as many as corolla lobes
and alternate with them, inserted
within corolla, all alike or 1 or more reduced; anthers
dehiscing longitudinally or by apical pores
. Ovary 2-5-locular; placentation mostly axile
; ovules usually numerous
. Style
1. Fruiting calyx often becoming enlarged, mostly persistent
. Fruit a berry or capsule. Seeds with copious
endosperm; embryo mostly curved
.
About 95 genera with 2300 species: best represented in western tropical
America, widespread in temperate
and tropical regions
; 20 genera (ten introduced
) and 101 species in China.
Some species of Solanaceae are known in China only by plants
cultivated in ornamental
or specialty gardens: Atropa belladonna Linnaeus, Cyphomandra betacea (Cavanilles) Sendtner, Brugmansia suaveolens (Willdenow) Berchtold & Presl, Nicotiana alata Link & Otto, and Solanum jasminoides Paxton.Zhi-Yun Zhang, Anmin Lu & William G. D'Arcy "Solanaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 300. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
Physical Description
Habit: Forb/herb
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 78 meters (0 to 256 feet).Mean = 46.100 meters (151.247 feet), Standard Deviation = 46.600 based on 10 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
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:
Lamiidae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Superorder:
Solananae
()
- R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Solanales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Solanaceae
()
- Adans., 1763, Nom. Cons.
- Potato Family
- Subfamily:
Solanoideae
()
- Genus:
Jaborosa
()
- Specific epithet:
integrifolia
- Lam.
- Botanical name: - Jaborosa integrifolia Lam.
- Specific epithet:
integrifolia
- Lam.
- Genus:
Jaborosa
(
- Subfamily:
Solanoideae
(
- Family:
Solanaceae
(
- Order:
Solanales
(
- Superorder:
Solananae
(
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
. Latest taxonomic
scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Place of publication
: Encycl. 3:189, t. 114. 1789
Name verified on 01-Feb-1993 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 02-Nov-2006
Similar Species
Members of the genus Jaborosa
There are approximately 41 species in this genus:
J. ameghinoi · J. andina · J. araucana · J. bergii · J. bipinnatida · J. bipinnatifida · J. bonariensis · J. cabrerae · J. caulescens · J. chubutensis · J. crispa · J. decurrens · J. desiderata · J. floccosa · J. integrifolia (Springblossom) · J. integrifolia var. brasiliensis · J. intergrifolia · J. kurtzii · J. laciniata · J. lanigera · J. leiocalyx · J. leptophylla · J. leucotricha · J. longiflora · J. magellanica · J. montevidensis · J. odonelliana · J. oxipetala · J. parviflora · J. pinnata · J. reflexa · J. riojana · J. rotacea · J. rotacea var. tucumanensis · J. runcinata · J. sativa · J. sinuata · J. squarrosa · J. tridentata · J. volkmanni · J. volkmannii
Bibliography
- Barboza, G. & Hunz. 1987. Kurtziana 19:91.
- Kuang Ko-zen & Lu An-ming, eds. 1978. Solanaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 67(1): 1-175.
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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.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 25, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 28, 2008)
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 25, 2007:
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2667652
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-503225
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13759908
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:816012-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 20593
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 503225
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 816012-1
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDSOL1B010
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: JAIN2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 39496
