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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Jacana
Description
Genus Pouteria
Trees
or shrubs
. Branchlets
glabrous
or pubescent
but glabrescent
. Leaves usually alternate, not stipulate
; leaf blade
papery
to leathery, both surfaces usually pubescent when young but glabrescent when mature
, sometimes abaxially glabrous and adaxially appressed
pubescent, lateral
veins conspicuous
. Flowers in axillary
clusters
, sometimes with 2--4 bractlets
. Sepals (4 or) 5(or 6), outside pubescent, inside glabrous or sericeous
, early deciduous or persistent
in fruit. Corolla tubular
to campanulate
, 4- or 5--8-lobed, appendages
absent. Stamens (4 or) 5(--8), inserted
in throat
of corolla; staminodes less than 5 or 5--8, opposite sepals, lanceolate to subulate
, sometimes scalelike to petal-like. Ovary conical
, sometimes with cup-shaped disc at base
, 5(or 6) -locular, ± villous
. Fruit globose, glabrous or tomentose
, sometimes setose
; pericarp thin to thick, sometimes very hard when dry. Seed coat
shiny, scar
oblong
to broadly ovate
, covering half to nearly whole surface of seed.
About 50 species: tropical
areas, mostly in America; two species in China.Shugang Li & T. D. Pennington "Pouteria". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 210. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Vascular Plants
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Dicotyledons
- Order:
Ericales
()
- Family:
Hypogastruroidea
()
- Tribe:
Chrysophylleae
()
- Genus:
Pouteria
()
- Aublet, Hist. Pl. Guiane. 1: 85. 1775.
- False Flax
- Specific epithet:
dominigensis
- (C.F.Gaertn.) Baehni
- Botanical name: - Pouteria dominigensis (C.F.Gaertn.) Baehni
- Specific epithet:
dominigensis
- (C.F.Gaertn.) Baehni
- Genus:
Pouteria
(
- Tribe:
Chrysophylleae
(
- Family:
Hypogastruroidea
(
- Order:
Ericales
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Lucuma dominigensis C.F.Gaertn.
- Lucuma serpentaria var. dominigensis (C.F.Gaertn.) Dubard
- Pouteria dominigensis (Gaertn. f.) Baehni
Notes
Publishing author
: Kunth Publishing author: A.DC. Publication
: Prodr. (DC.) 8: 168 1844 [mid Mar 1844] Publishing author: Engl. in Engl. & Prantl Publication: Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 1: 274 1897 Publishing author: Tuss. Publication: Fl.
Antill. iv
. 19 Publishing author: Urb. & Ekman Publication: Ark. Bot. 21A, no. 5: 55 1927 Publishing author: M
.Gómez Publication: Anales Hist. Nat. 19: 253 1890 Publishing author: Dubard Basionym
author: (C.F.Gaertn.) Publishing author: A.DC. Publication: Prodr. (DC.) 8: 169 1844 [mid Mar 1844] Publishing author: C.F.Gaertn.
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Place of publication: Candollea 9:402. 1942
Name verified on 07-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 08-Feb-2007
Similar Species
Members of the genus Pouteria
There are approximately 447 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
P. achradiformis · P. adolfi-frederici · P. adolfi-friederici · P. adolfi-friedericii · P. adolfi-friedericii adolfi-friedericii · P. adolfi-friedericii australis · P. adolfi-friedericii floccosa · P. adolfi-friedericii keniensis · P. adolfi-friedericii subsp. australis · P. adolfi-friedericii subsp. floccosa · P. adolfi-friedericii subsp. keniensis · P. adolfi-friedericii subsp. usambarensis · P. adolfi-friedericii usambarensis · P. alnifolia · P. altissima · P. amapaensis · P. amazonica · P. ambelaniifolia · P. amieuana · P. amieuanum · P. amygdalicarpa · P. amygdalina · P. andarahiensis · P. aneityensis · P. annamensis · P. anomala · P. anteridata · P. anteridifera · P. arcuata · P. areolatifolia · P. arguacoensium · P. aristata · P. arnhemica · P. asterocarpon · P. atabapoensis · P. aubrevillei · P. aurea · P. austin-smithii · P. australis · P. azou · P. baehniana · P. baillonii · P. balansana · P. bangii · P. bapeba · P. baueri · P. beaurepairei · P. beauvisagea · P. belizensis · P. benai · P. bilocularis · P. boninensis · P. bonnerana · P. bonneriana · P. brachyandra · P. bracteata · P. brevensis · P. brevipedicellata · P. brevipetiolata · P. briocheoides · P. brownlessiana · P. buenaventurensis · P. bullata · P. bulliformis · P. butyrocarpa · P. caimito (Abiu) · P. caimito 'Gray' · P. caimito · P. cainito var. laurifolia · P. cainito var. typica · P. calcarea · P. calistophylla · P. campanulata · P. campechiana (Canistel) · P. canaimaensis · P. canaimansis · P. capacifolia · P. casaretti · P. castanosperma · P. cayennensis · P. celebica · P. chartacea · P. chiricana · P. chocoensis · P. cicatricata · P. cinerea · P. cinnamomea · P. cladantha · P. clemensii · P. coelomatica · P. collina · P. condorensis · P. congestifolia · P. contermina · P. cordiformis · P. coriacea · P. costata · P. cotinifolia · P. crassiflora · P. crebrifolia
Bibliography
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Notes
Contributors
- Areces-Mallea, A.E. 1998. Pouteria moaensis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- 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.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed March 24, 2007.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 29, 2008)
- World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2649295
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-164069
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 267010
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1122009-2
- GRIN Nomen Number: 102626
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 23834
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 1122009-
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: LUDO2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 48174
