Brachyloma daphnoides

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Description

Family Ericaceae

Plants usually woody, or herbs, sometimes lacking chlorophyll. Leaves spiral , sometimes decussate, margin often toothed . Inflorescence racemose; bracteoles paired , basal. Flowers (4 or) 5-merous. Calyx imbricate. Corolla connate , imbricate. Stamens 10, sometimes with spurs or awns , dehiscing by pores , pollen in tetrads , rarely single. Ovary superior or inferior, placentation axile , rarely parietal , often many ovules per locule. Style ± as long as corolla, slender. Fruit a capsule or berry, rarely a drupe; calyx persistent .

About 125 genera and 4000 species: widely distributed in temperate and subarctic regions, also at high elevations in tropical regions ; 22 genera and 826 species (524 endemic) in China.

The Monotropoideae are here included in the Ericaceae; previously in FRPS (56: 157 216. 1990), they were treated as the Pyrolaceae. Chiogenes, recorded from China in FRPS (57(3) : 69 71. 1991), is here included in Gaultheria. Over the last half century, the Empetraceae have usually been separated from, but closely associated with, the Ericaceae. In their ecology, leaf morphology and insertion , rusts, embryology, stamen anatomy, etc. , they largely agree with that family . Molecular data place Empetrum and its relatives firmly within the Ericaceae, and in particular within the subfamily Ericoideae, in agreement with phytochemical and palynological data, and there they are best recognized as a separate tribe . There are distinctive features of the Empetreae that were responsible for their past familial status, e.g. , reduced perianth with separate members , low ovule number, enlarged stigmas, etc. However, these are likely to be derived features associated with wind pollination. See Kron et al. (Bot. Rev. 68: 335 423. 2002) and the recent treatment of the Ericaceae by Stevens et al. (in Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 6: 145 194. 2004) .

Several genera and many species are ornamentals . Some fruits of Vaccinium in N China are sweet and edible, but of no particular value to humans. Some species of Chamaedaphne, Craibiodendron, Leucothoë, Lyonia, Pieris, and Rhododendron contain more or less toxic diterpenes, which are harmful to humans or domestic animals.Mingyuan Fang, Ruizheng Fang, Mingyou He, Linzheng Hu, Hanbi Yang, Haining Qin, Tianlu Min, David F. Chamberlain, Peter Stevens, Gary D. Wallace & Arne Anderberg "Ericaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 242. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,397 meters (0 to 4,583 feet).Mean = 404.050 meters (1,325.623 feet), Standard Deviation = 389.900 based on 517 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Taxonomy

Notes

Publishing author : J.T.Hunter Publication : Telopea 6(1): 4 (1994) 1994 Publishing author: Benth. Publication: Flora Australiensis 1868 (16 Dec. 1868) Basionym author: (Sm.)An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Brachyloma

There are approximately 45 species in this genus:

B. ciliatum · B. ciliatum var. ciliatum · B. ciliatum var. intermedium · B. concolor · B. daphnoides · B. daphnoides pubescens · B. daphnoides subsp. glabrum · B. daphnoides subsp. pubescens · B. daphnoides var. daphnoides · B. daphnoides var. glabrum · B. delbi · B. depressum · B. elongatum · B. erianthum · B. ericoides (Brush Heath) · B. ericoides subsp. bicolor · B. ericoides subsp. ericoides · B. hirsutum · B. hondense · B. incurvum · B. karstenianum · B. leucomallon · B. longiflorum · B. longifolium · B. longipes · B. molle · B. moritzianum · B. nguba · B. petiolare · B. pictum · B. pilosum · B. preissii · B. preissii var. preissii · B. rhodomallon · B. rhynchocarpum · B. rubicaule · B. rubricaule · B. saxicola · B. scortechinii · B. strictum · B. trianae · B. tubiflora · B. tubiflorum · B. ventricosum · B. vestitum

Bibliography

• Chou Yiliang & Zhou Ruichang. 1990. Pyrolaceae. In: Fang Wenpei & Hu Wenkuang, eds., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 56: 157216
• Fang Rhuicheng, Yang Hanbi & Chin Tsenli. 1999. Ericaceae (1). In: Fang Rhuicheng, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 57(1): 1213
• Hsu Tingzhi, Gao Baochun, Fang Rhuicheng & Huang Shuhua. 1991. Ericaceae (3). In: Fang Rhuicheng, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 57(3): 1207
• Hu Wenkuang, Hu Lincheng, Fang Mingyuan & He Mingyou. 1994. Ericaceae (2). In: Hu Lincheng, Fang Mingyuan, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 57(2): 1438
• Ming Tien lu. 1980. Empetraceae. In: Cheng Mien & Ming Tien lu, eds., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 45(1): 6062.

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Contributors

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 01, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
• National Herbarium of New South Wales: NSW herbarium collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5955007
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 1129554
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:67569-3
• GRIN Nomen Number: 450886
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 324917-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1035082

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