Cornutia grandifolia

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Common Names

Description

Family Verbenaceae

Shrubs or trees , sometimes climbing shrubs, rarely herbs. Indumentum of simple , stellate , and/or other complex hairs . Leaves opposite or rarely whorled , without stipules, simple or 3-foliolate, less often palmately [or pinnately] compound . Inflorescences terminal or axillary , racemose, cymose , spicate , or thyrses . Flowers bisexual or polygamous by abortion , zygomorphic or rarely actinomorphic . Calyx persistent . Corolla 4- or 5- or more lobed ; lobes usually spreading , aestivation overlapping. Fertile stamens inserted on corolla tube , alternate with lobes; filaments free ; anthers dorsifixed , 1- or 2-locular, dehiscing by longitudinal slits or sometimes a circular pore . Ovary entire or 4-grooved, 2-8-locular; ovules 1 or 2 per locule, erect or pendulous. Style terminal, simple, entire or 2-cleft. Fruit a drupe or indehiscent capsule, sometimes breaking up into nutlets . Seeds (1 or) 2-4, endosperm usually absent, seed coat thin; embryo straight, as long as seed; radicle short, inferior.

Some 91 genera and ca. 2000 species: primarily tropical and subtropical , 20 genera and 182 species in China.

The classification of Verbenaceae is in a state of flux, especially regarding its relationship to Lamiaceae. There is evidence to suggest a significant division between members of subfamily Verbenoideae, genera 1-5 in this account, and the remaining genera, including genera 6-20, which for convenience are here referred to as subfamily Viticoideae s.l. The latter are more closely allied to each other and to genera traditionally kept within Lamiaceae (including genera 1-8 in this Flora ) . Avicennia is often placed in a family of its own, but its affinities are clearly with Viticoideae, especially genera 17-19 in this account which have traditionally been placed in a separate subfamily, Symphorematoideae.[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Growth

Culture: Space 10-12' apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 8.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

Notes

Publishing author : Schauer Publication : Prodr. (DC.) 11: 682 1847 [25 Nov 1847]

An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Place of publication: A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 11:682. 1847

Name verified on 09-Feb-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 30-Aug-1999

Similar Species

Members of the genus Cornutia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 38 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

C. australis · C. cayennensis · C. coerulea · C. corymbosa · C. cymosa · C. grandiflora · C. grandifolia (Jamaican Lilac) · C. grandifolia var. intermedia · C. grandifolia var. normalis · C. grandifolia var. purpusi · C. grandifolia var. quadrangularis · C. grandifolia var. storkii · C. jamaicensis · C. latifolia · C. latifolia f. alba · C. lilacina · C. lilacina var. velutina · C. microcalycina · C. microcalycina var. pulverulenta · C. obovata (Palo De Nigua) · C. odorata · C. odorata var. calvescens · C. odorata var. colombiana · C. pentaphylla · C. pubescens · C. punctata · C. pyramidalis · C. pyramidata (Azulejo) · C. pyramidata var. dentata · C. pyramidata var. isthmica · C. pyramidata var. longifolia · C. pyramidata var. normalis · C. pyramidata var. punctata · C. pyrimidata · C. quadrangularis · C. quinata · C. ternata · C. thyrsoidea

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Further Reading

• Ensayo sobre las plantas usuales de Costa Rica / por H. Pittier. Washington, D.C.: H.L. & J.B. McQueen, 1908. SPA url p. 124.
• Flora of Costa Rica by Paul C. Standley Chicago, 1937. ENG url p. 1004, p. 1005.
• Flora of Guatemala / Paul C. Standley and Louis O. Williams. Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 1970. ENG url p. 196, p. 197.
• Flora of Peru / by J. Francis Macbride. Chicago, U.S.A.: Field Museum of Natural History, [1936] ENG url p. 690.
• Flora of the Lancetilla Valley, Honduras, by Paul C. Standley. Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1931. ENG url p. 335, p. 55.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Just's botanischer jahresbericht. Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller länder. Berlin, Gebr. Borntraeger, 1874-98; GER url p. 154, p. 450, p. 528, p. 545, p. 611.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
• Standley, P. C. 1920. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:1-1721. (TreesS Mex)
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama)
• P'ei Chien & Chen Shou-liang, eds. 1982. Verbenaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 65(1): 1-229.

Notes

Contributors

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 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 02, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:

• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México (IE-XAL)
• GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico (Madrid), Vascular Plant Herbarium (MA)
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Costa Rica): Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3436811
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:862626-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 404443
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 862626-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 606582

Footnotes

1. Shou-liang Chen & Michael G. Gilbert "Verbenaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 1. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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