Description
Family Theaceae
Shrubs
or trees
, evergreen
or rarely deciduous, usually bisexual
, rarely dioecious (Eurya) or androdioecious
(Ternstroemia) . Stipules absent. Leaves simple
, alternate, petiolate
or rarely sessile; leaf blade
secondary veins pinnate, margin
usually serrate or rarely entire
. Flowers axillary
or subterminal
, solitary or sometimes to 3(-10 or more) in a cluster
or raceme
, pedicellate
or subsessile
. Bracteoles 2-8 or rarely more, persistent
or caducous
, sometimes undifferentiated from sepals. Sepals 5(or 6) or rarely more, persistent. Corolla white, red, or yellow; petals 5 or rarely more, basally connate
or rarely distinct
, adnate
to androecium. Stamens numerous
, in 1-6 whorls; outer filaments
basally ± connate; anthers
dorsifixed
or basifixed
, 2-loculed, laterally and longitudinally dehiscent
. Gynoecium 3-5-carpellate. Carpels connate or rarely incompletely connate to nearly distinct. Ovary superior, rarely half inferior, 3-5-loculed, placentation axile
or rarely nearly basal; ovules 2-5(to ca.
100) or more per locule; styles
distinct to basally connate, rarely completely united
. Fruit a loculicidal capsule or indehiscent and drupaceous
or baccate
, with 1 to many seeds per locule; pericarp woody, leathery, or fleshy
; columella persistent or ± degenerating. Seeds globose
, semiglobose, compressed
oblong
, ovoid
, or reniform
, winged
or wingless; testa bony, leathery, or sometimes with a fleshy red outer layer or sarcotesta
(in Anneslea and Ternstroemia), smooth
or honeycombed
; hilum
umbilicate
or linear
; endosperm present or absent; embryo large or small; cotyledons fleshy or thin.
About 19 genera and 600 species: tropical
and subtropical
Africa, tropical America, E, S, and SE Asia, SE North America, Pacific islands; 12 genera (two endemic) and 274 species (204 endemic) in China.
The greatest species diversity
of Theaceae is in S China and adjacent
SE Asia.
The two subfamilies of Theaceae used here are sometimes treated as separate families (Theaceae and Ternstroemiaceae) .
Tianlu Min & Bruce Bartholomew "Theaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 12 Page 364, 365, 366. 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:
Theanae
()
- Thorne Ex Reveal, 1993
- Order:
Clusiales
()
- Lindley, 1833
- Family:
Theaceae
()
- Tea Family
- Genus:
Nabiasodendron
()
- Specific epithet:
axillare
- Pit.
- Botanical name: - Nabiasodendron axillare Pit.
- Specific epithet:
axillare
- Pit.
- Genus:
Nabiasodendron
(
- Family:
Theaceae
(
- Order:
Clusiales
(
- Superorder:
Theanae
(
- Subclass:
Dilleniidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Nabiasodendron
There are approximately 9 species in this genus:
N. acuminatum · N. axillare · N. ellipticum · N. excelsum · N. grande · N. maingayi · N. obtusum · N. speciosum · N. zeylanicum
Bibliography
- Chang Hungta & Ren Shanxiang. 1998. Theaceae (Theoideae). In: Chang Hungta, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 49(3): ii-xiii, 1-281
- Ling Laikuan. 1998. Theaceae (Ternstroemioideae). Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 50(1): ii-vi, 1-213.
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Notes
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15874375
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:829161-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 829161-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3707648
