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Description
Family Rutaceae
The Rutaceae are herbs, shrubs , and trees with glandular punctate , commonly strongly smelling herbage comprising about 150 genera and 1,500 species that are further characterized by the common occurrence of spines and winged petioles . The leaves are alternate or opposite, simple or palmately or pinnately compound , or sometimes heathlike or reduced to spines; stipules are absent. The flowers are often sweet-scented, nearly always bisexual , and are actinomorphic or sometimes zygomorphic. The calyx consists of 3-5 distinct or basally connate sepals and the corolla consists of 3-5 distinct or sometimes connate petals or rarely the petals are lacking. The androecium consists of distinct or sometimes connate stamens that are commonly obdiplostemonous , that is in two whorls with the outer whorl opposite the petals. However, sometimes there may be (1)3-4 whorls or rarely up to 60 stamens. The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of commonly 2-5 or more, often incompletely connate carpels that may be united only basally or apically, either one or an equal number of styles, and a superior ovary with usually 2-5 or more locules, each bearing 1-several axile ovules. Generally, an intrastaminal nectary disk is situated between the stamens and the ovary. The fruit is variable. -- 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:
Rutanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Sapindales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Suborder:
Rutineae
()
- Family:
Rutaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- rues, rutacées
- Subfamily:
Toddalioideae
()
- Genus:
Amyris
()
- P. Browne, 1756
- Specific epithet:
polymorpha
- Urban
- Botanical name: - Amyris polymorpha Urban
- Specific epithet:
polymorpha
- Urban
- Genus:
Amyris
(
- Subfamily:
Toddalioideae
(
- Family:
Rutaceae
(
- Suborder:
Rutineae
(
- Order:
Sapindales
(
- Superorder:
Rutanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : Urb. Publication : Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 64 1925
Similar Species
Members of the genus Amyris
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. balsamifera (Balsam Torchwood) · A. elemifera (Candlewood) · A. fagaroides (Fragrant Bursera) · A. madrensis (Mountain Torchwood) · A. polygama (Hardee Peppertree) · A. texana (Texas Torchwood)
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Further Reading
- 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 524.
- The World List of Threatened Trees WCMC, IUCN url p. 55.
Notes
Contributors
- Areces-Mallea, A.E. 1998. Amyris polymorpha. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3472591
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15826232
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771211-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 12179-2
- IUCN ID: 190813
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1020233
Footnotes
- Areces-Mallea, A.E. 1998. Amyris polymorpha. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
