Diosma alba

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.

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- 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
        Subclass: Rosidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Rutanae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Rutales () - Perleb, 1826
        Suborder: Rutineae ()
        Family: Rutaceae () - Durande, 1782, Nom. Cons. - Rue Family
        Genus: Diosma ()
        Specific epithet: alba - Thunb.
        Botanical name: - Diosma alba Thunb.

Notes

Publishing author : Thunb. Publication : Prodr. Pl. Cap. 84

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Diosma

There are approximately 200 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

D. abietina · D. acicularis · D. acmaeophylla · D. acmaephylla · D. acuminata · D. acuta · D. alba · D. alpina · D. ambigua · D. amoena · D. angustifolia · D. apetala · D. apiculata · D. arenicola · D. aristala · D. aristata · D. asiatica · D. aspalathoides · D. awilana · D. barbata · D. barbigera · D. betulina · D. bifida · D. bifurca · D. biseriata · D. bisulca · D. bolusii · D. brachyphylla · D. brevifolia · D. bruniades · D. bucco · D. calycina · D. capensis · D. capitata · D. cerefolia · D. ciliata · D. cistoides · D. cordata · D. coriacea · D. corymbosa · D. crassifolia · D. crenata · D. crenulata · D. cupressina · D. cuspidata · D. decussata · D. demissa · D. depressa · D. deusta · D. dichotoma · D. dioica · D. dubia · D. echinulata · D. eckloniana · D. elata · D. ensata · D. erecta · D. eriantha · D. ericaefolia · D. ericoides · D. ericoides 'Pink Fountain' · D. ericoides 'Sunset Gold' · D. fallax · D. ferulacea · D. filiformis · D. flavescens · D. flexilis · D. foetidissima · D. fragrans · D. glabrata · D. glandulosa · D. glomerata · D. gnidioides · D. grandiflora · D. graveolens · D. guthriei · D. haelkraalensis · D. hirsuta · D. hirsuta 'Matflame' · D. hirsuta 'Silver Flame' · D. hirta · D. hispida · D. huegeliana · D. humilis · D. hybrida · D. imbricata · D. intermedia · D. juniperifolia · D. juniperina · D. laevigata · D. lanceolata · D. lancifolia · D. lasiophylla · D. latifolia · D. laxa · D. leiophylla · D. lichtensteiniana · D. linearis · D. linifolia · D. longifolia

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Contributors

The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10786469
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15827584
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:772389-1
International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 772389-1
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1396041