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Taxonomy

Notes:

Publishing author: Ruiz & Pav. Publication: Syst. Veg. 286.

Physical Description

Family Lardizabalaceae:

Woody climbers, rarely erect shrubs (Decaisnea) . Monoecious, rarely dioecious. Stems climbing or twining (erect in Decaisnea) ; wood with broad medullary rays. Winter buds large; outer scales 2 to numerous; scales subtending leaves persistent, scaly. Stipules usually absent (present and very small in Sinofranchetia) . Leaves alternate, palmate or 3-foliolate, rarely pinnate (Decaisnea) . Petiole and petiolules swollen at both ends, articulate. Flowers functionally unisexual by reduction or abortion, actinomorphic. Sepals 6 (usually 3 in Akebia), petaloid, in 2 whorls, imbricate or outer 3 valvate. Petals 6, nectariferous, much smaller than sepals or absent. Male flowers: stamens free or connate into a tube; anthers 2-celled, extrorsely dehiscent by longitudinal slit; connective apical appendage hornlike or apiculate, sometimes unappendaged. Pistillodes 3--6(--9), small, filiform. Female flowers: staminodes 6. Carpels 3(--9) or numerous (Sargentodoxa), superior, free; ovules numerous, orthotropous or anatropous, in 2 to several longitudinal rows on laminar placenta, rarely 1, pendulous, hemitropous to subanatropous (Sargentodoxa) . Stigma conspicuous, sessile or subsessile. Fruit fleshy follicles or baccate, indehiscent or dehiscent along abaxial suture. Seeds numerous, rarely solitary; seed coat crustaceous; endosperm copious; embryo small, straight.

Nine genera and ca. 50 species: mainly in E Asia, two monotypic genera in S America; seven genera (two endemic) and 37 species (25 endemic) in China.^[1]

Habit: Evergreen.

Flowers: Bloom Period: January, February. • Flower Color: black, dark purple

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Distribution

Growth

Culture: Space 18-24" apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Light Shade.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9a. (map)

Similar Species

Members of the genus Lardizabala:

There are approximately 9 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus: L. biternata (Aquiboquil) · L. discolor · L. funaria · L. infusiata · L. silvicola · L. ternata · L. trifoliata · L. trifoliolata · L. triternata

Members of the genus Holboellia:

There are approximately 37 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus: H. acuminata · H. angustifolia (Farges Holboellia) · H. angustifolia linearifolia (Holboellia) · H. angustifolia obtusa · H. angustifolia subsp. linearifolia · H. angustifolia subsp. obtusa · H. angustifolia subsp. trifoliata · H. angustifolia trifoliata · H. apetala · H. brachyandra · H. brevipes · H. chapaensis (Holboellia) · H. chinensis · H. coriacea (Sausage Vine) · H. coriacea 'Cathedral Gem' · H. coriacea purple-flowered · H. crassifolia · H. cuneata · H. fargesi · H. fargesii · H. filamentosa · H. formosana · H. grandiflora · H. khasiana · H. latifolia · H. latifolia chartacea · H. latifolia subsp. chartacea · H. latistaminea · H. marmorata · H. medogensis · H. obovata · H. ornithocephala · H. ovatifoliolata · H. parviflora · H. pterocaulis · H. reticulata · H. rotundifolia

Bibliography

• Chen Te-chao. 2001. Lardizabalaceae. In: Ying Tsun-shen, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 29: 150.

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Notes

Contributors:

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 06, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.

Data Sources:

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 06, 2007:

• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers:

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15548954
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:107351-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 646606

Footnotes:

1. Dezhao Chen & Tatemi Shimizu "Lardizabalaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 6 Page 440. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.