Interesting Facts
Description
Family Malpighiaceae
The Malpighiaceae are trees and lianous shrubs comprising about 60 genera and 1,200 species that are further characterized by the presence of often reddish, medifixed or variously branched hairs . The leaves are simple , usually opposite, and frequently have paired glands on the petiole or base of the blade ; stipules are usually present. The flowers are mostly bisexual and are actinomorphic or weakly zygomorphic. The perianth typically consists of two whorls with 5 distinct segments in each. One or more of the sepals usually have one or more conspicuous glands. The petals are usually clawed and the limb is typically fringed or toothed . The androecium consists of usually 10 distinct or basally connate stamens in two whorls but some or half of them are commonly reduced to staminodes. The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of almost always 3 carpels, 3 distinct styles, and a superior ovary with 3 locules, each containing a single pendulous, axile ovule. The fruit is variable. -- Gerald Carr.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,002 meters (0 to 13,130 feet).[1]
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:
Geranianae
()
- (Dumortier, 1829) Takhtajan, 1997
- Order:
Malpighiales
()
- C. Martius, 1835
- Family:
Malpighiaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789
- malpigias
- Subfamily:
Hiraeoideae
()
- Tribe:
Banisterieae
()
- Genus:
Heteropterys
()
- Kunth, in Humboldt et al., 1822, nom. cons., orth. cons.
- Specific epithet:
brachiata
- DC.
- Botanical name: - Heteropterys brachiata DC.
- Specific epithet:
brachiata
- DC.
- Genus:
Heteropterys
(
- Tribe:
Banisterieae
(
- Subfamily:
Hiraeoideae
(
- Family:
Malpighiaceae
(
- Order:
Malpighiales
(
- Superorder:
Geranianae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Heteropterys
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
H. glabra (Red Wing) · H. laurifolia (Dragon Withe) · H. purpurea (Bull Withe) · H. wydleriana (Ahorca Caballo)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 14, 2008:
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México (IE-BAJIO)
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México (IE-XAL)
- Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Costa Rica): Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
- Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3458781
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15598750
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:556487-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 556487-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1081857
Footnotes
- Mean = 685.860 meters (2,250.197 feet), Standard Deviation = 755.020 based on 205 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
