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Description
Family Malpighiaceae
The Malpighiaceae are trees and lianous shrubs comprising about 60 genera and 1,200 species that are further characterized by the presence of often reddish, medifixed or variously branched hairs . The leaves are simple , usually opposite, and frequently have paired glands on the petiole or base of the blade ; stipules are usually present. The flowers are mostly bisexual and are actinomorphic or weakly zygomorphic. The perianth typically consists of two whorls with 5 distinct segments in each. One or more of the sepals usually have one or more conspicuous glands. The petals are usually clawed and the limb is typically fringed or toothed . The androecium consists of usually 10 distinct or basally connate stamens in two whorls but some or half of them are commonly reduced to staminodes. The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of almost always 3 carpels, 3 distinct styles, and a superior ovary with 3 locules, each containing a single pendulous, axile ovule. The fruit is variable. -- Gerald Carr.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,345 meters (0 to 7,694 feet).[1]
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:
Geranianae
()
- (Dumortier, 1829) Takhtajan, 1997
- Order:
Malpighiales
()
- C. Martius, 1835
- Family:
Malpighiaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789
- malpigias
- Subfamily:
Hiraeoideae
()
- Tribe:
Banisterieae
()
- Genus:
Stigmaphyllon
()
- A.H.L. Jussieu, in A.F.C.P. Saint-Hilaire, 1833
- Specific epithet:
sinuatum
- A.Juss.
- Botanical name: - Stigmaphyllon sinuatum (DC.) A. Juss. A.Juss.
- Specific epithet:
sinuatum
- A.Juss.
- Genus:
Stigmaphyllon
(
- Tribe:
Banisterieae
(
- Subfamily:
Hiraeoideae
(
- Family:
Malpighiaceae
(
- Order:
Malpighiales
(
- Superorder:
Geranianae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Banisteria sinuata Dc. • Stigmaphyllon Hastatum Sinuatum • Stigmaphyllon sagittatum (Cav.) A. Juss. Var. sinuatum (Dc.) Nied. • Stigmaphyllon Sagittatum Sinuatum
Notes
Place of publication
: Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. sér. 2, 13:288.
1840
Name
verified on 04-Mar-1998 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last
updated: 12-May-1999
Similar Species
Members of the genus Stigmaphyllon
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
S. bannisterioides (Eggleaf Amazonvine) · S. ciliatum (Amazon Vine) · S. diversifolium (Heartleaf Amazonvine) · S. emarginatum (Monarch Amazonvine) · S. floribundum (Woolly Amazonvine) · S. littorale (Butterfly Vine) · S. paralias (Butterfly Plant) · S. puberum (South American Amazonvine)
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Further Reading
- Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium. 19 1993 Ann Arbor: University Herbarium, University of Michigan, 1939- url p. 393, p. 399, p. 402, p. 409, p. 411, p. 413.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 14, 2008:
- Herbarium of the University of Aarhus: The AAU Herbarium Database
- Herbier de la Guyane
- Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3459176
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15600012
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:557593-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 402472
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 557592-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1082202
Footnotes
- Mean = 245.610 meters (805.807 feet), Standard Deviation = 429.370 based on 215 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
