Description
Family Dilleniaceae
Trees
, shrubs
, or woody climbers
, rarely herbs; hairs
sclerified and/or silicified, sometimes fasciculate. Leaves simple
, rarely pinnatisect
or pinnately compound
, usually spirally arranged
, rarely opposite, petiolate
; stipules absent; petiole
sometimes winged
; leaf blade
leathery, herbaceous, or membranous, margin
entire
or serrate. Flowers bisexual
, rarely unisexual
, actinomorphic
, occasionally zygomorphic, solitary or in racemes
, panicles or cymes. Sepals (3 or) 4-5(-18), imbricate, persistent
, usually leathery or fleshy
, sometimes accrescent
in fruit. Petals (2 or) 3-5(-7), white, yellow, or red, imbricate, crumpled in bud. Stamens numerous
(or 1-10), developing centrifugally, free
or united
basally and then in fascicles; staminodes often present; anthers
basifixed
, dehiscing by longitudinal
slits, apical clefts
, or apical pores. Gynoecium (1 or) 2-7(-20) -carpellate, superior; carpels free or hemisyncarpous; stylodia free, apically stigmatic
; ovules 1 to numerous, anatropous
; placentation submarginal
, or basal when ovules 1 or 2. Fruit a follicle, polyfollicle, berry, or capsule, or indehiscent and enclosed by fleshy sepals. Seeds 1 to numerous; endosperm copious
, oily; embryo very small, straight, achlorophyllous
.
Ten genera and ca.
500 species: pantropical
and extending into warm-temperate Australia; two genera and five species in China.Zhixiang Zhang & Klaus Kubitzki "Dilleniaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 12 Page 331. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
Taxonomy
- 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
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Dilleniidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Dillenianae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Dilleniales
()
- J. Hutchinson, 1924
- Family:
Dilleniaceae
()
- R.a. Salisbury, 1807
- Dillenia Family
- Genus:
Hibbertia
()
- Specific epithet:
astrotricha
- (Sieber ex Spreng.) N.A.Wakef.
- Botanical name: - Hibbertia astrotricha (Sieber ex Spreng.) N.A.Wakef.
- Specific epithet:
astrotricha
- (Sieber ex Spreng.) N.A.Wakef.
- Genus:
Hibbertia
(
- Family:
Dilleniaceae
(
- Order:
Dilleniales
(
- Superorder:
Dillenianae
(
- Subclass:
Dilleniidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : N.A.Wakefield Publication : in Vict. Nat. lxxiii. 167 (1957) (asterotricha) Basionym author: (Sieber ex Spreng.) Basionym: Dilleniaceae Pleurandra astrotricha Spreng.Basionym author: (Spreng.)
Similar Species
Members of the genus Hibbertia
There are approximately 472 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
H. acerosa · H. acerosa var. acerosa · H. acerosa var. ulicifolia · H. acicularis · H. acicularis var. acicularis · H. acicularis var. sessiliflora · H. acicularis var. triandra · H. acrotrichion · H. acuminata · H. agrestis · H. altigena · H. amplexicaulis · H. ancistrophylla · H. ancistrotricha · H. andrewsiana · H. androsaemcides · H. androsaemoides · H. angustifolia · H. appressa · H. arcuata · H. argentea · H. argentea var. argentea · H. argentea var. diffusa · H. arnhemica · H. aspera · H. aspera pilosifolia · H. aspera subsp. pilosifolia · H. astrophylla · H. astrotricha · H. aubertii · H. aurea · H. aurea var. aurea · H. aurea var. brevifolia · H. aurea var. obtusa · H. australis · H. avonensis · H. axillibarba · H. balansaeana · H. banksii · H. banksii f. banksii · H. banksii f. rigidula · H. basaltica · H. basitricha · H. baudouinii · H. bennettii · H. benthami · H. benthamii · H. billardierei · H. billardierei var. billardierei · H. billardierei var. monadelpha · H. billardierei var. obovata · H. billardierei var. ovata · H. billardierei var. parviflora · H. billardierei var. scabra · H. billardieri · H. bouletii · H. brachyphylla · H. bracteata · H. bracteosa · H. brongniartii · H. brownei · H. brownii · H. bupleurifolia · H. calycina · H. camforosma · H. camphorosma · H. candicans · H. canescens · H. carinata · H. catargyrea · H. charlesii · H. chartacea · H. cinerascens · H. cinerea · H. circumdans · H. cistiflora · H. cistiflora rostrata · H. cistiflora subsp. rostrata · H. cistifolia · H. cistoidea · H. commutata · H. comptonii · H. concinna · H. confertifolia · H. conspicua · H. coriacea · H. corifolia · H. covenyana · H. crassifolia · H. crenata · H. crinita · H. crispula · H. cuneifolia · H. cuneiformis · H. cunninghamii · H. cunninghamii var. cunninghamii · H. cunninghamii var. debilis · H. cunninghamii var. hastata · H. cunninghamii var. latifolia · H. cymosa
Bibliography
- Chang Hung-ta. 1984. Dilleniaceae. In: Feng Kuo-mei, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 49(2): 190-195.
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10648405
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 1131048
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:124178-3
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 316882-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1254899
