Interesting Facts
Description
Family Bixaceae
Shrubs
or small trees
. Young branches and leaves with peltate scales
. Leaves alternate; stipules small, sheathing
bud, fugacious
; petiole
swollen at base
and apex; leaf blade
simple
, palmately veined. Inflorescence a terminal
panicle. Flowers bisexual
, actinomorphic
. Sepals 5, free
, imbricate, with basal, abaxial
glands
, fugacious. Petals 5, imbricate, large and conspicuous
. Stamens many, free or slightly united
at base; anthers
oblong
, with 2 inverted
, U-shaped thecae, dehiscing by short, apical slits on bend
. Ovary superior, 1-loculed; ovules many on 2 parietal
placentas; style slender; stigmas 2-lobed. Fruit a capsule, loculicidally 2-valved, usually spiny
. Seeds many; testa red, slightly fleshy
; embryo large; cotyledons broad, incurved
at apex; endosperm copious
.
One genus and five species: native
to tropical
America; one species widely cultivated in tropical regions
, including China.
Molecular data suggest that the genus Diegodendron Capuron, endemic to Madagascar, is related to Bixa and could be included
within the Bixaceae.[1]
Genus Bixa
Morphological characters and geographic distribution are the same as those of the family .[2]
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
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Orellana americana Kuntze var. urucurana Kuntze
Notes
Publishing author : Willd. Publication : Enum. Pl. [Willdenow] 1: 565 1809 [Apr 1809]
Similar Species
Members of the genus Bixa
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
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Further Reading
- Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. London: The Natural History Museum, c1993-2002. url , , , , , , , , , , , , .
- Zhang Pengyun & Zhang Yaojia. 1990. Bixaceae. In: Li Hsiwen, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 50(2): 180.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 17, 2007:
- Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program
- Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
- Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
- , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3464763
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15237547
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:111504-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 111504-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1056366
Footnotes
- Qiner Yang & Michael G. Gilbert "Bixaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 13 Page 71. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- "Bixa". in Flora of China Vol. 13 Page 71. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
