Description
Family Myrsinaceae
Trees
, shrubs
, climbers
[or rarely herbs]. Leaves simple
, alternate, rarely opposite or whorled
, without stipules, often glandular
. Inflorescences terminal
, axillary
, or at apices of lateral
branches, racemose (often paniculate
), corymbose
, cymose
, umbellate
, or fascicled on scaly
spur branches in leaf axils
. Flowers bisexual
or polygamous, rarely unisexual
and plants
polygamodioecious or dioecious, 4- or 5(or 6) -merous, actinomorphic
. Sepals basally connate
or free
, persistent
, usually glandular. Petals basally connate or rarely free, usually glandular. Stamens as many as and opposite to petals, usually adnate
to base
or throat
of corolla tube
, sometimes free, rarely united
into a tube; anthers
2-celled, dorsifixed
, dehiscing longitudinally or by apical slits or pores
, rarely transversely septate
; filaments
present or absent. Ovary superior, rarely inferior to half-inferior, 1-celled; placentation free-central
, sometimes basal; ovules 1 to several in 11 to many rows
, usually embedded
in placenta, anatropous
or semicampylotropous. Style
1; stigma simple or lobed
. Fruit drupes with fleshy
exocarp
or capsules. Seeds 1 to many; endosperm fleshy or horny
; embryo x = 10-13, 23.
About 42 genera and more than 2,200 species: primarily in tropical
and subtropical
or warm temperate regions
of both hemispheres; five genera and 120 species (51 endemic) in China.
Chinese genera of economic value include Ardisia (medicine, oil
, edible, wild vegetables), Maesa (edible, tea, dye), Aegiceras (tannin, fine fuel), Embelia (vermifuge, edible), Myrsine (medicine, fine wood
, tannin, fuel) .Jie Chen & John J. Pipoly, III "Myrsinaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 1. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
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:
Liliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Dilleniidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Primulanae
()
- R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1996
- Order:
Asparagales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Myrsinaceae
()
- R. Brown, 1810
- Myrsine Family
- Genus:
Nabaluia
()
- Linnaeus, 1753
- Specific epithet:
clemensii
- Ames
- Botanical name: - Nabaluia clemensii Ames
- Specific epithet:
clemensii
- Ames
- Genus:
Nabaluia
(
- Family:
Myrsinaceae
(
- Order:
Asparagales
(
- Superorder:
Primulanae
(
- Subclass:
Dilleniidae
(
- Class:
Liliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Chelonistele clemensii (Ames) Carr
Similar Species
Members of the genus Nabaluia
There are approximately 5 species in this genus:
N. angustifolia (Nabaluia Orchid) · N. angustifolia de · N. clemensii · N. exaltata · N. exaltata de
Bibliography
- Chen Chieh. 1979. Myrsinaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 58: 1-147.
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed August 1, 2008.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9274434
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-132999
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15700291
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:645180-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2232034
