Quadrifaria imbricata
(No common name)Taxonomy
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Spermatophytina
(auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Seed Plants
- Infraphylum: Gymnospermae
auct.
- Class: Pinopsida
- Order: Pinales
- Conifers
- Family: Araucariaceae
(air-ah-KAIR-ee-uh)
Henkel & W. Hochstetter, 1865, nom. cons. - Araucaria Family
- Genus: Quadrifaria
- Specific epithet: imbricata Manetti ex Gord.
- Botanical name: Quadrifaria imbricata Manetti ex Gord.
- Specific epithet: imbricata Manetti ex Gord.
- Genus: Quadrifaria
- Family: Araucariaceae
(air-ah-KAIR-ee-uh)
Henkel & W. Hochstetter, 1865, nom. cons. - Araucaria Family
- Order: Pinales
- Conifers
- Class: Pinopsida
- Infraphylum: Gymnospermae
auct.
- Subphylum: Spermatophytina
(auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Seed Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
Physical Description
Family Araucariaceae:
Trees evergreen, dioecious or monoecious, with relatively large pith in trunk and resin in cortex. Leaves spirally arranged or decussate, sessile, decurrent. Cones unisexual. Pollen cones axillary or terminal on branchlets, solitary or clustered; microsporophylls numerous, spirally arranged, sessile; microsporangia 4-20, external, suspended, arranged in 2 rows, filiform; pollen sacs split longitudinally; pollen nonsaccate. Seed cones solitary, terminal on branchlets, maturing in 2nd or 3rd year; bracts numerous, spirally arranged; ovulate scales degenerate or ligulate, connate with bracts on 1 side, each with 1 ovule at base abaxially; ovules connate with ovulate scales or with bracts (when ovulate scales degenerate) ; bracts of mature cones deciduous, flattened, woody or thickly leathery, bearing 1 seed in basal part (if developed), sometimes adnate with ligulate seed scales in center of adaxial surface, apex triangular or caudate. Seeds connate with bracts or detached, flattened, winged or not. 2n = 26.
Three genera and 41 species: Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines; Australia, New Zealand, SW Pacific Islands, South America; two genera and four species (all introduced) in China.[1]
Similar Species
Members of the genus Quadrifaria:
There are approximately 1 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus: Q. imbricata
Bibliography
- Cheng Wan-chün, Fu Li-kuo, Tsui Hung-pin & Chen Chia-jui. 1978. Araucariaceae. In: Cheng Wan-chün & Fu Li-kuo, eds., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 7: 24-31.
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Notes
Identifiers:
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15380201
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:263630-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3348160
Footnotes:
- Liguo Fu, Nan Li & Robert R. Mill "Araucariaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 4 Page 9. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
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