font settings

Font Size: Large | Normal | Small
Font Face: Verdana | Geneva | Georgia

Ardisia

(Genus)

Overview

[ Back to top ]

Ardisia (Coralberry or Marlberry) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrsinaceae (Myrsine family), native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas, Asia, and Australasia. The genus includes about 250 species of small trees, shrubs and subshrubs growing up to 8 metres (26 ft) tall.1][2][3]

One species, Ardisia japonica (Chinese: ???; pinyin: zijin ni?) is one of the 50 fundamental herbs in traditional Chinese medicine. The species Ardisia crenata, with waxy leaves and red berries in drupes, is also known as coral bush, coralberry tree, or spiceberry.

Selected species

[ Back to top ]

Sources:[2][3][4][5][6][7]

33-47494-5.
  • ^ a b Germplasm Resources Information Network: Ardisia
  • ^ a b Flora of China: Ardisia
  • ^ Australian Plant Name Index: Ardisia
  • ^ Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar: Ardisia
  • ^ Trees and shrubs of the Andes of Ecuador: Ardisia
  • ^ IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Ardisia

    • Taxonomy

    [ Back to top ]

    The Genus Ardisia is further organized into finer groupings including:

    References

    [ Back to top ]
    1. ^ Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.
    2. ^ a b Germplasm Resources Information Network: Ardisia
    3. ^ a b Flora of China: Ardisia
    4. ^ Australian Plant Name Index: Ardisia
    5. ^ Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar: Ardisia
    6. ^ Trees and shrubs of the Andes of Ecuador: Ardisia
    7. ^ IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Ardisia

    Sources

    [ Back to top ]
    Last Revised: August 24, 2012
    2012/08/24 14:02:38