Labatia osteni
(No common name)Taxonomy
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Spermatophytina
(auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Seed Plants
- Infraphylum: Angiospermae
auct.
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Subclass: Dilleniidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder: Primulanae
R. Dahlgren ex Reveal, 1996
- Order: Sapotales
J.D. Hooker, 1868
- Family: Sapotaceae
Durande, 1782, nom. cons. - Sapodilla Family
- Genus: Labatia
- Specific epithet: osteni Hassl.
- Botanical name: Labatia osteni Hassl.
- Specific epithet: osteni Hassl.
- Genus: Labatia
- Family: Sapotaceae
Durande, 1782, nom. cons. - Sapodilla Family
- Order: Sapotales
J.D. Hooker, 1868
- Superorder: Primulanae
R. Dahlgren ex Reveal, 1996
- Subclass: Dilleniidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Infraphylum: Angiospermae
auct.
- Subphylum: Spermatophytina
(auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Seed Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
Physical Description
Family Sapotaceae:
Trees or shrubs, usually producing latex. Leaves spirally arranged or alternate and distichous, rarely ± opposite, sometimes crowded at apex of branchlets; stipules early deciduous or absent; leaf blade papery or leathery, margin entire. Flowers bisexual or unisexual, usually in sessile axillary clusters, rarely solitary; cluster pedunculate or in raceme-like inflorescence, bracteolate. Calyx a single whorl of usually 4--6 sepals, or 2 whorls each with 2--4 sepals. Corolla lobes as many to 2 X as many as sepals, usually entire, rarely with 2 lacerate or lobular appendages. Stamens inserted at corolla base or at throat of corolla tube, as many as and opposite corolla lobes to many and in 2 or 3 whorls; staminodes when present alternate with stamens, scaly to petal-like. Ovary superior, 4- or 5-locular, placentation axillary; ovules 1 per locule, anatropous. Style 1, often apically lobed. Fruit a berry or drupe, 1- to many-seeded. Seed coat brown (pale yellow in Pouteria annamensis), hard, shiny, rich in tannin; endosperm usually oily; seed scar lateral and linear to oblong or basal and round.
About 1100 species and 53 genera: pantropical; 11 genera and 24 species (six endemic) in China.[1]
Similar Species
Members of the genus Labatia:
There are approximately 5 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus: L. conica · L. dictyonura · L. mattogrossensis · L. osteni · L. salicites
Members of the genus Leioluma:
There are approximately 1 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus: L. pubens
Bibliography
- Li Shu-gang (as Lee Shu-kang). 1987. Sapotaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 60(1): 47-83.
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Notes
Identifiers:
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3927937
Footnotes:
- Shugang Li & T. D. Pennington "Sapotaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 205. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
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