Description
Family Lauraceae
Shrubs
to tall trees
, evergreen
or rarely deciduous ( Cassytha a parasitic vine
with leaves reduced to scales
), usually aromatic
. Leaves alternate, rarely whorled
or opposite, simple
, without stipules, petiolate
. Leaf blade
: unlobed (unlobed or lobed
in Sassafras ), margins
entire
, occasionally with domatia (crevices or hollows serving as lodging for mites
) in axils of main lateral
veins (in Cinnamomum ) . Inflorescences in axils of leaves or deciduous bracts, panicles (rarely heads
), racemes
, compound
cymes, or pseudoumbels (spikes in Cassytha ), sometimes enclosed by decussate bracts. Flowers bisexual
or unisexual
, bisexual only, or staminate
and pistillate
on different plants
, or staminate and bisexual on some plants, pistillate and bisexual on others; flowers usually yellow to greenish or white, rarely reddish; hypanthium well developed, resembling calyx tube
, tepals and stamens perigynous; tepals 6(-9), in 2(-3) whorls of 3, sepaloid
, equal or rarely unequal, if unequal then usually outer 3 smaller than inner 3 (occasionally absent in Litsea ) ; stamens (3-) 9(-12), in whorls of 3, but 1 or more whorls frequently staminodial or absent; stamens of 3d whorl with 2 glands
near base
; anthers
2- or 4-locular, locules opening by valves
; pistil 1, 1-carpellate; ovary 1-locular; placentation basal; ovule 1; stigma subsessile
, discoid
or capitate. Fruits drupes, drupe borne on pedicel with or without persistent
tepals at base, or seated in ± deeply cup-shaped receptacle (cupule), or enclosed in accrescent
floral tube
. Seed 1; endosperm absent.
Genera ca.
50, species 2000-3000 (9 genera, 13 species in the flora
) : pantropical
, a few species also in subtropical
and temperate
regions
Cassytha is sometimes placed in its own family
, Cassythaceae; it is here retained in Lauraceae.Henk van der Werff "Lauraceae". in Flora of North America Vol. 3. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Flowering Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Magnoliidae
()
- Novák Ex Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Lauranae
()
- (Perleb, 1826) Takhtajan, 1997
- Order:
Laurales
()
- Perleb, 1826
- Suborder:
Laurineae
()
-
- Family:
Lauraceae
()
- Durande, 1782, Nom. Cons.
- Laurel Family
- Genus:
Alseodaphne
()
- Specific epithet:
archboldiana
- (C.K.Allen) Kosterm.
- Botanical name: - Alseodaphne archboldiana (C.K.Allen) Kosterm.
- Specific epithet:
archboldiana
- (C.K.Allen) Kosterm.
- Genus:
Alseodaphne
(
- Family:
Lauraceae
(
- Suborder:
Laurineae
(
- Order:
Laurales
(
- Superorder:
Lauranae
(
- Subclass:
Magnoliidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Alseodaphne archboldiana (C.K. Allen) Kosterm.
- Nothaphoebe archboldiana
Notes
Publishing author : Kosterm. Publication : New & Crit. Mal. Pl. iv . (For. Serv. Indones., Div. Plann.) 7 (1955) Basionym author: (C.K.Allen)
Similar Species
Members of the genus Alseodaphne
There are approximately 87 species in this genus:
A. albifrons · A. amara · A. andersonii · A. archboldiana · A. bancana · A. birmanica · A. borneensis · A. breviflora · A. canescens · A. caudata · A. cavaleriei · A. chartacea · A. chinensis · A. coriacea · A. corneri · A. costalis · A. cujumary · A. cuneata · A. cymbarum · A. dumicola · A. dura · A. elataarchboldiana · A. elmeri · A. elongata · A. excelsa · A. falcata · A. foetida · A. foxiana · A. garciniaecarpa · A. gigaphylla · A. glauciflora · A. gracilis · A. grandis · A. griffithii · A. hainanensis · A. helophila · A. hokouensis · A. huanglianshanensis · A. insignis · A. intermedia · A. keenanii · A. khasyana · A. kochummenii · A. lanuginosa · A. longipes · A. macrantha · A. macrophylla · A. magnifica · A. malabonga · A. marlipoensis · A. medogensis · A. micrantha · A. mollis · A. montana · A. nigrescens · A. oblanceolata · A. obovata · A. omeiensis · A. opifera · A. owdeni · A. paludosa · A. pandurifolia · A. panduriformis · A. peduncularis · A. pendulifolia · A. perakensis · A. petiolaris · A. philippinensis · A. polyneura · A. ramosii · A. rhododendropsis · A. ridleyi · A. rubriflora · A. rubroligna · A. rubrolignea · A. rugosa · A. semecarpifolia · A. semicarpifolia · A. siamensis · A. sichourensis · A. suboppositifolia · A. sulcata · A. titanophylla · A. tonkinensis · A. umbelliflora · A. utilis · A. yunnanensis
Bibliography
- Wood, C. E. Jr. 1958. The genera of the woody Ranales in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 39: 296-346.
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Notes
Contributors
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 25, 2008.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9120174
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:462431-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 462431-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1313407
