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Description
Family Celastraceae
The Celastraceae are trees and shrubs comprising about 50 genera and 800 species that are sometimes climbing or vining. The leaves are simple and alternate or opposite; stipules are small and caducous or absent. The flowers are bisexual or sometimes functionally unisexual , actinomorphic , and are small and often greenish. The calyx comprises 4 or 5 usually basally connate sepals. The corolla is rarely absent or more commonly consists of 4 or 5 distinct petals. The androecium consists of 4 or 5 or rarely 10 distinct stamens that alternate with the petals. The gynoecium is a single compound pistil of 2-5 carpels, a single short style, and a superior or rarely half inferior ovary with 2-5 locules, each containing usually 2 axile ovules. An annular nectary disk surrounds and is usually adnate to the ovary. The fruit is a capsule, berry, samara, or drupe. -- Gerald Carr.
Habitat
Ecology: Occurs in dense lowland forest
understorey, 450–700 m
alt.[1]
List of Habitats
:1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- 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:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Celastranae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Celastrales
()
- Baskerville, 1839
- Family:
Celastraceae
()
- R. Brown, 1814
- Bittersweet Family
- Genus:
Salacia
()
- Specific epithet:
lehmbachii
- N.Hallé
- Variety:
pes-ranulae
- Botanical name: - Salacia lehmbachii var. pes-ranulae N.Hallé
- Variety:
pes-ranulae
- Specific epithet:
lehmbachii
- N.Hallé
- Genus:
Salacia
(
- Family:
Celastraceae
(
- Order:
Celastrales
(
- Superorder:
Celastranae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Salacia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 233 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
S. acreana · S. affinis · S. africana · S. alpestris · S. alternifolia · S. alveolata · S. alwynii · S. amplectens · S. amplifolia · S. amygdalina · S. annettae · S. anomala · S. arborea · S. arborescens · S. attenuata · S. aurantiaca · S. bangalensis · S. baumannii · S. bayakensis · S. beddomei · S. belingana · S. belizensis · S. biannulata · S. bipindensis · S. blainii · S. blepharodes · S. blepharophora · S. brachypoda · S. brevistaminea · S. brunoniana · S. bussei · S. caillei · S. callensii · S. caloneura · S. calypso · S. camerunensis · S. campestris · S. capitulata · S. castaneifolia · S. catalinensis · S. cauliflora · S. cerasifera · S. chinensis · S. chlorantha · S. chlorion · S. cochinchinensis · S. cognata · S. columna · S. conferta · S. confertiflora · S. congestiflora · S. congolensis · S. conrauii · S. corcovadensis · S. cordata · S. cornifolia · S. corymbosa · S. crassifolia · S. cuspidata · S. cylindrocarpa · S. cymosa · S. dalzielii · S. debilis · S. demeusei · S. devredii · S. dewevrei · S. dewildemaniana · S. diandra · S. dicarpellata · S. dichotoma · S. diffusiflora · S. disepala · S. divaricata · S. duckei · S. dulcis · S. dusenii · S. echinulata · S. elegans · S. elliotii · S. elliptica · S. elliptica var. apiculata · S. elongata · S. erecta · S. erythrocarpa · S. eurypetala · S. fimbrisepala · S. flavescens · S. floribunda · S. fluminensis · S. fredericqii · S. fruticosa · S. gabunensis · S. germainii · S. gerrardii · S. gigantea · S. glaucifolia · S. gleasoniana · S. glomerata · S. gracilis · S. grandiflora
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Further Reading
- Hallé, N. 1986. Celastraceae, Hippocrateoideae. Flore du Gabon. Volume 29. Muséum National d'histoire Naturelle, Paris.
- Hallé, N. 1986. Celastraceae, Hippocrateoideae. Flore du Gabon. Volume 29. Muséum National d'histoire Naturelle, Paris.
- Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers) 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.
- Schmitt, K. 1996. Botanical survey in the Oban Division, Cross River National Park. (unpublished). Oban Hills Programme, Calabar.
Notes
Contributors
- Darbyshire, I. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Darbyshire, I. 2004. Salacia lehmbachii var. pes-ranulae. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
Identifiers
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:949530-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 949530-1
- IUCN ID: 36487
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1023890
Footnotes
- Darbyshire, I. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
