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Interesting Facts
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
Biome: Terrestrial [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:
Celastranae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Celastrales
()
- Baskerville, 1839
- Family:
Celastraceae
()
- R. Brown, 1814
- bittersweet
- Subfamily:
Celastroideae
()
- Genus:
Wimmeria
()
- Schlechtendal & Chamisso, 1831
- Specific epithet:
acuminata
- L.O. Williams
- Botanical name: - Wimmeria acuminata L.O. Williams
- Specific epithet:
acuminata
- L.O. Williams
- Genus:
Wimmeria
(
- Subfamily:
Celastroideae
(
- 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 Wimmeria
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
- González-Espinosa, M. 1998. Wimmeria acuminata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3463937
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:162921-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 162921-1
- IUCN ID: 248948
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1019523
Footnotes
- González-Espinosa, M. 1998. Wimmeria acuminata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
