Flagellaria guineensis

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Description

Family Flagellariaceae

Lianas high climbing , robust , glabrous . Rhizome sympodial, diffuse . Stems terete , solid, hard, apically usually equally branched; axillary buds absent. Leaves distichous, circinate ; leaf sheath tubular , closed , connected with leaf blade by a short pseudopetiole; leaf blade grasslike, stomata paracytic , apex extended into tendril ; tendril simple, involutely coiled , abaxially flattened, hard. Inflorescences terminal , paniculate . Flowers bisexual or rarely unisexual , sessile, actinomorphic , 3-merous, small; perianth segments 6, in 2 whorls, free , whitish, petaloid , membranous, persistent , 3 inner ones largest. Stamens 6, in 2 whorls, exserted; filaments filiform ; anthers basifixed , linear-oblong to linear , sagittate , 2-loculed, latrorse , dehiscing by longitudinal slits; pollen grains ulcerate and similar to those of grasses. Ovary superior, obtusely 3-angled, 3-loculed; ovule 1 per locule; placentation axile . Style very short; stigmas 3, linear-clavate. Fruit drupaceous with 1(or 2) seeds. Seeds globose or flattened; endosperm copious , starchy; embryo minute.

One genus and about four species: tropical Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands; one species in China.[1]

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,660 meters (0 to 5,446 feet).[2]

Taxonomy

Notes

Publishing author : Schumach. Publication : Schum. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. 181

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 21-Jun-2005

Similar Species

Members of the genus Flagellaria

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Further Reading

• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: The Museum, 1951-1992. url p. 389.
• Catalogue of the African plants London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1896-1901. url , .
• Catalogue of the African plants collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853-61. .. London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1896-1901. url p. 81.
• Flora Vitiensis nova: a new Flora of Fiji (spermatophytes only) / Albert C. Smith. Lawaii, Hawaii: Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, 1979- url p. 287.
• Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 439.
• Wu Kuo-fang. 1997. Flagellariaceae. In: Wu Kuo-fang, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 13(3): 2--4.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 24, 2007:

• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5836853
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-246141
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14172537
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:366163-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 366163-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 740109

Footnotes

1. Guofang Wu & Kai Larsen "Flagellariaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 1. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Mean = 156.620 meters (513.845 feet), Standard Deviation = 426.390 based on 50 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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