Leucothoe tridens

• Interesting Facts
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Description

Genus Leucothoe

Shrubs evergreen . Leaves petiolate , serrulate or subentire . Inflorescences axillary , racemose, glabrous . Flowers 5-merous. Calyx lobes short. Corolla white, suburceolate to tubular ; lobes recurved, short. Stamens much shorter than corolla tube; filaments straight, flattened; anthers oblong , thecae separate above, each opening by a terminal pore and with a slender awn . Ovary superior, glabrous, with many ovules per locule. Stigma capitate , 5-lobed. Capsule loculicidal, depressed globose . Seeds flattened, angled ; testa smooth , shiny, reticulate .

Six species: E Asia, North America (SE United States) ; two species in China.[1]

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 30-Dec-2004

Similar Species

Members of the genus Leucothoe

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Further Reading

• On the deep and shallow water marine fauna of the Kerguelen Region of the Great Southern Ocean / by John Murray. Edinburgh: Robert Grant & Son, 1896 url p. 386.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 478, p. 490, p. 492, p. 706.
• Report of the scientific results of the voyage of S.Y. "Scotia" during the years 1902, 1903, and 1904, under the leadership of William S. Bruce. .. Edinburgh: The Scottish oceanographical laboratory, 1907- url p. 196.
• Report on the scientific results of the voyage of S.Y. "Scotia" during the years 1902, 1903 and 1904, under the leadership of William S. Bruce. Edinburgh:Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory, 1907-20. url p. 196.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Access date: Dec 30, 2005
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bishop Museum Data (OBIS distribution) (USOBIS)

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4796945
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-656977
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 656977
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1504710

Footnotes

1. Mingyuan Fang, Ruizheng Fang, Mingyou He, Linzheng Hu, Hanbi Yang, Haining Qin, Tianlu Min, David F. Chamberlain, Peter Stevens, Gary D. Wallace & Arne Anderberg "Leucothoe". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 458. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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