Anthocleista madagascariensis

• Interesting Facts
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Description

Family Gentianaceae

Herbs [shrubs or small trees ], annual , biennial, or perennial . Stems ascending , erect , or twining . Leaves opposite, less often alternate or whorled , simple , base connate ; stipules absent. Inflorescences simple or complex cymes, sometimes reduced to sessile clusters , often in a thyrse or 1-flowered. Flowers bisexual , rarely unisexual , 4 or 5 (or 6-8) [-12]-merous. Calyx tubular , obconic, campanulate , or rotate, lobes joined at least basally. Corolla tubular, obconic, salverform , funnelform , campanulate, or rotate, rarely with basal spurs; lobes overlapping to right or rarely valvate in bud; plicae (extensions of the corolla tube between the lobes) present or absent. Stamens inserted on corolla tube or occasionally at sinus between corolla lobes, alternate with lobes; anthers basifixed or dorsifixed , 2-locular. Nectaries absent or attached to ovary base or corolla. Ovary usually 1-locular at least apically, rarely 2-locular due to intrusion of a lamellate placenta into locular cavity . Fruit a 2-valved capsule, rarely a berry. Seeds many or rarely few, small; endosperm abundant [scant in saprophytic genera].

About 80 genera and 700 species: worldwide; 20 genera and 419 species in China, of which two genera and 251 species are endemic.[1]

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,490 meters (0 to 8,169 feet).[2]

Taxonomy

Notes

Publishing author : Baker Publication : J. Bot. 20: 173 1882

Similar Species

Members of the genus Anthocleista

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

A. amplexicaulis (Anthocleista) · A. grandiflora (Cabbage Tree)

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Further Reading

• A Floral and faunal inventory of the eastern slopes of the Réserve naturelle intégrale d'Andringitra, Madagascar: with reference to elevational variation / Steven M. Goodman, editor. 85 1996 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1996. url fig. 2-3 , p. 10, p. 309, p. 44, p. 64.
• A floral and faunal inventory of the Parc national de Marojejy, Madagascar: with reference to elevational variation / Steven M. Goodman, editor. 97 2000 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c2000. url p. 100.
• Journal of botany, British and foreign. London: Robert Hardwicke, 1863-1942. url p. 173, p. 387.
• Madagascar: an environmental profile IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 351, p. 360, p. 365.
• Ho Ting-nung; Liu Shang-wu, & Wu Ching-ju in Ho Ting-nung, ed. 1988. Gentianaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 62: 1-411.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 16, 2007:

• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9061504
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13727523
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:545628-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 545628-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1321406

Footnotes

1. Ting-nung Ho & James S. Pringle "Gentianaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 1. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Mean = 844.470 meters (2,770.571 feet), Standard Deviation = 727.570 based on 161 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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