Aegiceras corniculatum

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Description

Family Myrsinaceae

Trees , shrubs , climbers [or rarely herbs]. Leaves simple , alternate, rarely opposite or whorled , without stipules, often glandular . Inflorescences terminal , axillary , or at apices of lateral branches, racemose (often paniculate ), corymbose , cymose , umbellate , or fascicled on scaly spur branches in leaf axils . Flowers bisexual or polygamous, rarely unisexual and plants polygamodioecious or dioecious, 4- or 5(or 6) -merous, actinomorphic . Sepals basally connate or free , persistent , usually glandular. Petals basally connate or rarely free, usually glandular. Stamens as many as and opposite to petals, usually adnate to base or throat of corolla tube , sometimes free, rarely united into a tube; anthers 2-celled, dorsifixed , dehiscing longitudinally or by apical slits or pores , rarely transversely septate ; filaments present or absent. Ovary superior, rarely inferior to half-inferior, 1-celled; placentation free-central , sometimes basal; ovules 1 to several in 11 to many rows , usually embedded in placenta, anatropous or semicampylotropous. Style 1; stigma simple or lobed . Fruit drupes with fleshy exocarp or capsules. Seeds 1 to many; endosperm fleshy or horny ; embryo x = 10-13, 23.

About 42 genera and more than 2,200 species: primarily in tropical and subtropical or warm temperate regions of both hemispheres; five genera and 120 species (51 endemic) in China.

Chinese genera of economic value include Ardisia (medicine, oil , edible, wild vegetables), Maesa (edible, tea, dye), Aegiceras (tannin, fine fuel), Embelia (vermifuge, edible), Myrsine (medicine, fine wood , tannin, fuel) .[1]

Genus Aegiceras

Shrubs or small trees . Leaves alternate or subopposite. Inflorescences terminal or rarely axillary , umbellate . Flowers bisexual , 5-merous. Corolla campanulate , united into a tube ; lobes ovate or ovate-lanceolate, imbricate, overlapping to right in bud, recurved or reflexed at anthesis , not glandular . Basal part of filaments united into a tube as long as corolla tube, distal part free , exserted; anthers ovate, 2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally, transversely septate . Ovary superior; ovules numerous , within a globose placenta. Style elongated; stigma apiculate . Fruit elongated, terete , curved , 1-seeded capsules; exocarp dry, crustaceous , dehiscing by a longitudinal fissure or separating into 2 fragments along back and front; endocarp somewhat fleshy ; persistent calyx compactly enclosing fruit base. Seeds occupying whole cavity ; embryo terete, curved.

Two species: India, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and Australia; one species in China.[2]

Physical Description

Habitat

Biome: Marine .

Ecology: This species is a small bushy shrub from 1-2 m tall. It is found in a range of substrates from sandy to compact mud , often near river banks. It may also occur inland on the same soil type in China (Peng and Xin-men 1983). This is a robust species and able to tolorate cooler temperatures . This species is gregarious .[3].

List of Habitats :

•     12     Marine Intertidal   
  
•     12.7     Marine Intertidal - Mangrove Submerged Roots   
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Biology

Growth

Culture: Space 10-12' apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun .

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Rhizophora Corniculata • Rhizophora corniculata L. • Umbraculum Corniculatum

Notes

Publishing author : Blanco Publication : Flora de Filipinas 1837

Basionym author: (L.)

Similar Species

Members of the genus Aegiceras

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Further Reading

• A bibliographic enumeration of Bornean plants, by E. D. Merrill. Singapore, Printed by Fraser & Neave, ltd., 1921 url p. 469, p. 469.
• A dictionary of the plant names of the Philippine Islands / by Elmer D. Merrill. Manila: Bureau of Public Print., 1903. url p. 101, p. 109, p. 111, p. 97.
• A flora of Manila / Manila: Bureau of Printing, 1912, 1974 printing. url .
• A flora of Manila, by E. D. Merrill. Manila, Bureau of Printing, 1912. url p. 361.
• An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants, Manila, Bureau of Printing, 1922-26. url p. 255.
• Annales du Jardin botanique de Buitenzorg. Suppl. 3 1910 Leiden [etc.]: E. J. Brill [etc.] url p. 341.
• Annual report of the Director of Forestry. Manila [etc.] url p. 88.
• Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 34.
• Botanical publications of E.D. Merrill. [New York, etc., 1899- url , , p. 469.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: The Museum, 1951-1992. url p. 114, p. 159.
• Bulletin. Manila, Bureau of printing, 1903- url p. 129, p. 16, p. 22, p. 66, p. 7, p. 71.
• Check-list of the species of fishes known from the Philippine Archipelago, Manila, Bureau of printing, 1910. url p. 299, p. 413, p. 521.
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45 2003 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 308, p. 403, p. 418, p. 468, p. 490.
• Directory of Wetlands of International Importance. IUCN url p. 749.
• Flora Malesiana. general editor, C.G.G.J. van Steenis. Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff, 1950- url p. 28.
• IUCN Directory of South Asian Protected Areas IUCN url p. 124, p. 244.
• Journal of ethnobiology. 11 1991 Flagstaff, Ariz.: Center for Western Studies, 1981- url p. 267.
• Leaflets of Philippine botany. 6 1913-1914 Manila: Oriental Printing Co., 1906-1939. url p. 2156, p. 2169.
• Minor products of Philippine forests, Manila, Bureau of Printing, 1920-1921. url , , .
• Oecology of plants: an introduction to the study of plant-communities / by Eug. Warming; assisted by Martin Vahl; prepared for publication in English by Percy Groom and Isaac Bayley Balfour. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909. url p. 238.
• Oecology of plants; an introduction to the study of plant-communities, by Eug. Warming, assisted by Martin Vahl. Prepared for publication in English by Percy Groom and Isaac Bayley Balfour. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909. url p. 238.
• Pamphlets on forestry in the Philippine Islands. [1900?- url p. 1.
• Phytologia. 14 1966-1967 Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 304, p. 314.
• Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url , p. 100, p. 114, p. 121, p. 136, p. 141, p. 15, p. 209, p. 223, p. 235, p. 253, p. 35, p. 36, p. 40, p. 43, p. 44, p. 90, p. 93.
• Protected Landscapes: experience around the world. Prepared for the International Symposium on Protected Landscapes, Grange-over-Sands, England 5-10 October 1987 IUCN url p. 215.
• The Bradley bibliography; a guide to the literature of the woody plants of the world published before the beginning of the twentieth century; Cambridge, Riverside Press, 1911-18. url p. 692.
• The Philippine journal of science. 1 Suppl. 1906 Manila. url p. 112, p. 181, p. 219, p. 381, p. 425, p. 445, p. 483, p. 505, p. 538.
• World Mangrove Atlas International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems url p. 47.
• [Publications] - Bureau of Government Laboratories. Manila, Bureau of Public Printing, 1903-1906. url p. 111, p. 57.
• Chen Chieh. 1979. Myrsinaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 58: 1-147.
• Chen Chieh. 1979. Myrsinaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 58: 1-147.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 21, 2012.
• Ellison, J., Koedam, N.E., Wang, Y., Primavera, J., Jin Eong, O., Wan-Hong Yong, J. & Ngoc Nam, V. 2010. Aegiceras corniculatum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 15, 2008:

• Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
• Missouri Botanical Garden
• National Herbarium of New South Wales: NSW herbarium collection
• National Herbarium of New South Wales: Plants of Papua New Guinea
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5820773
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13720847
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:92812-3
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 92812-3
• IUCN ID: 188952
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 715517

Footnotes

1. Jie Chen & John J. Pipoly, III "Myrsinaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 1. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. "Aegiceras". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 9. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
3. Ellison, J., Koedam, N.E., Wang, Y., Primavera, J., Jin Eong, O., Wan-Hong Yong, J. & Ngoc Nam, V. 2010. Aegiceras corniculatum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]

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