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Description
Family Elaeocarpaceae
Trees
or shrubs
, evergreen
or semi-evergreen
. Leaves alternate or rarely opposite, stipulate
or not, petiolate
, simple
, pinnately veined. Inflorescence axillary
or terminal
, racemose, corymbose
, paniculate
, or sometimes fascicled or solitary flowers. Flowers bisexual
or polygamous, 4- or 5-merous, actinomorphic
, with or without bracts. Sepals 4 or 5, basally connate
or free
, usually valvate
. Petals 4 or 5, sometimes absent, valvate or imbricate, margin
laciniate
or rarely entire. Stamens 8 to numerous
; filaments
free and borne on disks; anthers
2-celled, dehiscent
by apical or longitudinal
slits, awned
or tipped with hairs
at apices. Disk circular or glandularly lobed
. Ovary superior, 2- to several loculed; placentation axile
; ovules 2 to several per locule; style connate or free. Fruit a drupe or capsule. Seeds with copious
endosperm; embryo flat.
About 12 genera and ca.
550 species: primarily in tropical
to subtropical
regions of both hemispheres, excluding Africa; two genera and 53 species (21 endemic) in China.[1]
Genus Elaeocarpus
Trees
or rarely shrubs
. Leaves alternate or spirally arranged
; stipules linear
or rarely leaflike, caducous
, rarely persistent
; petiole
usually long and swollen at both ends; leaf blade
margin
serrate or entire, pinnately veined. Inflorescence axillary
, racemose. Flowers bisexual
, 4- or 5-merous. Sepals 4 or 5, valvate
, abaxially usually pubescent
. Petals 4 or 5, white, free
, margin laciniate, rarely entire or lobed
. Stamens 8 to numerous
; filaments
short; anthers
2-celled, dehiscing from apical slits, with awn
or hairs
at tip
. Disk usually glandularly 5-10-lobed, rarely circular. Ovary superior, 2-5(-7) -loculed; ovules 2-12 per locule; style linear or subulate
. Fruit a drupe, 1(or 5) -loculed; endocarp hard, bony, surface usually lacunose
. Seeds usually 1 per locule, with fleshy
endosperm; cotyledons thin; embryo straight or curved
.
About 360 species: primarily in the Old World tropics; 39 species (14 endemic) in China.[2]
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,687 meters (0 to 12,096 feet).[3]
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:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Malvanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Oxalidales
()
- Heintze, 1927
- Family:
Elaeocarpaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1808 ex A.L. de Jussieu, in A.P. de Candolle, 1816, nom. cons.
- Elaeocarpus Family
- Tribe:
Elaeocarpeae
()
- Genus:
Elaeocarpus
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1753
- Elaeocarpus
- Specific epithet:
trichophyllus
- A.C.Sm.
- Botanical name: - Elaeocarpus trichophyllus A.C.Sm.
- Specific epithet:
trichophyllus
- A.C.Sm.
- Genus:
Elaeocarpus
(
- Tribe:
Elaeocarpeae
(
- Family:
Elaeocarpaceae
(
- Order:
Oxalidales
(
- Superorder:
Malvanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : A.C.Sm. Publication : J. Arnold Arbor . xxv. 251 (1944).
Similar Species
Members of the genus Elaeocarpus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
E. angustifolius (Ash Quandong) · E. carolinensis (Elaeocarpus) · E. cyaneus (Whitebark) · E. decipiens (Japanese Blueberry Tree) · E. decipiens 'Monproud' (Dwarf Japanese Blueberry Tree) · E. grandis (Blue Marble Tree) · E. obovatus (Hard Quandong) · E. reticulatus (Blue Oliveberry)
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Further Reading
- Chang Hung-ta. 1989. Elaeocarpaceae. In: Chang Hung-ta, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 49(1): 1-46.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
- National Herbarium of New South Wales: Plants of Papua New Guinea
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9314898
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:324420-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 324420-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1264034
Footnotes
- Ya Tang & Chamlong Phengklai "Elaeocarpaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 12 Page 223. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- "Elaeocarpus". in Flora of China Vol. 12 Page 223. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Mean = 1,234.900 meters (4,051.509 feet), Standard Deviation = 978.970 based on 31 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
