Common Names
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Common Names in Chinese:
Ka Mai Long Mai Ma Teng
Common Names in English:
African Gnetum, Jointfir
Common Names in French:
Gnetum D´afrique à Feuilles Comestibles, Gnetum Du Cameroon
Description
Genus Gnetum
Morphological characters and geographical distribution are the same as those of the family
.
Many species are used in a variety of ways: the bark
provides a strong
fiber used for making ropes and nets
; the sap
flows
very freely from cut
stems and can be drunk to quench thirst; the young leaves of some species are used as a green vegetable; and the seeds are roasted and eaten (the outer, fleshy
layer contains irritant, needlelike crystals, and is not generally eaten) .[1]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Vascular Plants
- Class:
Gnetopsida
()
- Order:
Gnetales
()
- Family:
Scarabaeoidea
()
- Genus:
Gnetum
()
- Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 2: 612, 637; Mant. Pl. 1: 18, 125. 1767.
- Jointfir
- Specific epithet:
buchholzianum
- Engl.
- Botanical name: - Gnetum buchholzianum Engl.
- Specific epithet:
buchholzianum
- Engl.
- Genus:
Gnetum
(
- Family:
Scarabaeoidea
(
- Order:
Gnetales
(
- Class:
Gnetopsida
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
. Latest taxonomic
scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Place of publication
: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40:519. 1908
Name verified on 04-Oct-1994 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 26-Feb-1999
Similar Species
Members of the genus Gnetum
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 81 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
G. acutatum · G. acutum · G. africanum (African Jointfir) · G. amazonicum · G. apiculatum · G. arboreum · G. bosavicum · G. brunonianum · G. buchholzianum (African Gnetum) · G. camporum · G. catasphaericum · G. cavaleriei · G. cleistostachyum · G. contractum · G. costatum · G. cruzianum · G. cuspidatum · G. diminitum · G. diminutum (Kalimantan Jointfir) · G. dioicum · G. edule · G. formosum · G. funiculare · G. giganteum · G. globosum · G. gnemon (Spanish Joint-Fir (Usa)) · G. gnemonoides · G. gnemon L. var. gnemon · G. gracilipes · G. griffithii · G. hainanense (Hainan Gnetum) · G. indicum · G. karstenianum · G. kingianum · G. klossii · G. latifolium · G. laxifrutescens · G. leptostachyum · G. leybodlii · G. leyboldi · G. leyboldii · G. leyboldii var. woodsonianum · G. loerzingii · G. longispica · G. luofuense · G. macrostachyum · G. melinonii · G. microcarpum · G. microstachyum · G. minus · G. montana · G. montanum (Common Jointfir) · G. neglectum · G. nigrum · G. nodiflorum (Amazonian Jointfir) · G. oblongifolium · G. oblongum · G. ovalifolium · G. oxycarpum · G. paniculatum (Colombian Jointfir) · G. paraense · G. parvifolium (Small-Leaved Jointfir) · G. penangense · G. pendulum · G. pendulum f. subsessile · G. pyrifolium · G. raya · G. ridleyi · G. rumphianum · G. scandens · G. schwackeanum (Venezuelan Jointfir) · G. sylvestre · G. tenuifolium (Thin-Leaved Jointfir) · G. thoa · G. trinerve · G. ula (Gnemon Tree (India)) · G. urens · G. urens var. camporum · G. verrucosum · G. vinosum · G. wrayi
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Further Reading
- Burkill, H. M. 1994. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. (Use Pl WT Afr) 2:169.
- Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr) 1:33.
- PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) - on-line resource. (PROTABASE)
- Cheng Ching-yung. 1978. Gnetaceae. In: Cheng Wan-chün & Fu Li-kuo, eds., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 7: 490-504.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 5, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- 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 (April 27, 2008)
- USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2670573
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-334098
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:383505-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 400223
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 506609
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 383505-1
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: GNBU
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 38831
Footnotes
- Liguo Fu, Yong-fu Yu & Michael G. Gilbert "Gnetum". in Flora of China Vol. 4 Page 102. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
