Roupala brachybotrys

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Overview

Endangered

Description

Family Proteaceae

Trees or shrubs . Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite or whorled , simple or variously divided . Inflorescences axillary , ramiflorous , cauliflorous , or terminal , simple or rarely compound , with flowers borne laterally either in pairs or sometimes singly, racemose, sometimes spicate , paniculate , or condensed into a head ; bracts subtending flower pairs usually small, sometimes accrescent and woody; floral bracts usually minute or absent. Flowers bisexual or rarely unisexual and dioecious, actinomorphic or zygomorphic. Perianth segments (3 or) 4(or 5), valvate , usually tubular in bud; limb short, variously split at anthesis . Stamens 4, opposite perianth segments; filaments usually adnate to perianth and not distinct ; anthers basifixed , usually 2-loculed, longitudinally dehiscent , connective often prolonged. Hypogynous glands 4 (or 1-3 or absent), free or variously connate . Ovary superior, 1-loculed, sessile or stipitate ; ovules 1 or 2(or more), pendulous, laterally or basally, rarely subapically attached. Style terminal, simple, often apically clavate ; stigma terminal or lateral , mostly small. Fruit a follicle, achene, or drupe or drupaceous . Seeds 1 or 2(or few to many), sometimes winged ; endosperm absent (or vestigial) ; embryo usually straight; cotyledons thin or thick and fleshy ; radicle short, inferior.

About 80 genera and ca. 1700 species: mostly in tropics and subtropics, especially in S Africa and Australia: three genera (one introduced ) and 25 species (12 endemic, two introduced) in China.

The family is subdivided into Bellendenoideae, Caranarvonioideae, Eidotheoideae, Grevilleoideae, Persoonioideae, Proteoideae, and Sphalmioideae; all Chinese genera belong to Grevilleoideae. Grevillea robusta is grown extensively as a street tree in S China, especially in Yunnan.[1]

Habitat

Ecology: Inhabits cloud forest between 2,600 and 2,700 m. [2]

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Roupala

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 119 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

R. acuminata · R. adiantifolia · R. affinis · R. angustifolia · R. arvensis · R. asplenioides · R. attenuata · R. aurea · R. australis · R. barnettiae · R. bleasdalei · R. bleasdalii · R. boissieriana · R. borealis · R. brachybotrys · R. brachyhotrys · R. brasiliensis · R. brasiliensis var. macropoda · R. caparoensis · R. cataractarum · R. cearaensis · R. cearensis · R. chimantensis · R. chrysogenia · R. colombiana · R. complicata · R. consimilis · R. corcovadensis · R. cordifolia · R. cordifolia var. subintegerrima · R. darienensis · R. dentata · R. dielsii · R. discolor · R. dissimilis · R. diversifolia · R. dolichopoda · R. elegans · R. excelsa · R. ferruginea · R. filiflora · R. francii · R. frigida · R. frondosa · R. gardneri · R. glaberrima · R. glabrata · R. glaucophylla · R. griotii · R. heterophylla · R. impressiuscula · R. inaequalis · R. jahnii · R. javanica · R. jelskii · R. krukovii · R. laurifolia · R. longepetiolata · R. longipetiolata · R. longipetiolata var. diversifolia · R. loranthoides · R. loxensis · R. lucens · R. macrophylla · R. macropoda · R. martii · R. mayana · R. media · R. meisneri · R. mexicana · R. minima · R. mollis · R. moluccana · R. monosperma · R. montana · R. montana var. dentata · R. montana var. montana · R. mucronulata · R. myrtoidea · R. nervosa · R. nitida · R. obovata · R. obtusata · R. ovalis · R. ovata · R. pallida · R. pamplonensis · R. panamensis · R. paruensis · R. paulensis · R. percoriacea · R. peruviana · R. pinnata · R. plinervia · R. pohlii · R. pseudocordata · R. pullei · R. pyrifolia · R. raimondii · R. repanda

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Further Reading

• Jørgensen, P.M. and León, S. 1999. Catalogue of vascular plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany Missouri Botanic Garden 75.
• Jørgensen, P.M. and Ulloa Ulloa, C. 1994. Seed Plants of the High Andes of Ecuador - a Checklist. Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus, Denmark and Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.
• Jørgensen, P.M. and León, S. 1999. Catalogue of vascular plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany Missouri Botanic Garden 75.
• Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers) 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.

Notes

Contributors

• Bonifaz, C., Santiana, J. & Pitman, N. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 16, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 16, 2008:

• Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5987025
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15802662
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:222623-2
• IUCN ID: 38117
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1025003

Footnotes

1. Huaxing Qiu & Peter H. Weston "Proteaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 5 Page 192. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Bonifaz, C., Santiana, J. & Pitman, N. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]

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