Nama sandwicense

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• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Vulnerable

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Boraginaceae

Herbs perennial , biennial, or annual , less often lianas, shrubs , or trees , usually bristly or scabrous-pubescent. Leaves simple , exstipulate , alternate, rarely opposite, entire or serrate at margin . Inflorescences often double scorpioid cymes, rarely solitary; bracts present or absent. Flowers bisexual , actinomorphic , rarely zygomorphic. Calyx usually 5-parted or lobed , mostly persistent . Corolla tubular , campanulate , rotate, funnelform , or salverform ; tube appendages 5, rarely more, mostly trapeziform, rarely absent, sometimes a ring of hairs present; limb usually 5-parted; lobes overlapping, rarely twisted in bud. Stamens 5, inserted on corolla tube or rarely at throat , included or rarely exserted; anthers introrse , 2-loculed, usually dorsifixed at base , less often medifixed , dehiscence longitudinal . Nectaries at base of corolla tube or on disc below ovary. Ovary superior, 2-carpellate; locules 2 and each with 2 ovules, or 4 and each with 1 ovule; ovules nearly atropous , semianatropous, or anatropous . Style terminal or gynobasic , branched or not. Gynobase flat, fastigiate , or subulate . Fruit 1-4-seeded drupes or nutlets (mericarps) ; nutlets mostly dry, often ornamented with wings , prickles and/or glochids (stiff bristles with barbed or anchorlike tips ) . Seeds vertical or oblique , coat membranous; embryo straight, less often curved ; cotyledons flat, fleshy .

About 156 genera and 2500 species: temperate and tropical regions , centered in the Mediterranean region; 47 genera and 294 species in China, of which four genera and 156 species are endemic.[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual , Perennial

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Nama sandwicense var. laysanicum Brand

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

Members of the genus Nama

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 37 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

N. aretioides (Ground Nama) · N. aretioides var. aretioides (Ground Nama) · N. aretioides var. californicum (Ground Nama) · N. aretioides var. multiflorum (Ground Nama) · N. arizonicum (Arizona Fiddleleaf) · N. californicum (California Fiddleleaf) · N. carnosum (Sand Fiddle-Leaf) · N. demissum (Leafy Nama) · N. demissum Gray var. covillei Brand (Coville's Purplemat) · N. demissum Gray var. demissum Gray (Purple Mat) · N. demissum var. covillei (Coville's Purplemat) · N. demissum var. demissum (Purple Mat) · N. densum (Leafy Nama) · N. densum var. densum (Leafy Fiddleleaf) · N. densum var. densum J.G.Lemmon (Leafy Fiddleleaf) · N. densum var. parviflorum (Leafy Fiddleleaf) · N. depressum (Depressed Fiddle-Leaf) · N. dichotomum (Livemore Fiddleleaf) · N. havardii (Havard's Fiddle-Leaf) · N. hispida (Bristly Nama) · N. hispidum (Bristly Nama) · N. jamaicense (Jamaica Weed) · N. lobbii (Lobb's Fiddle-Leaf) · N. macranthum (Royal Fiddleleaf) · N. parvifolium (Small-Leaf Fiddle-Leaf) · N. pusillum (Egg-Leaf Fiddleleaf) · N. retrorsum (Betatakin Fiddleleaf) · N. rothrockii (Baldhead Nama) · N. sandwicense (Hawaiian Fiddleleaf) · N. sandwicensis (Hinahina Kahakai) · N. serpylloides (Velvet Fiddleleaf) · N. stenocarpum (Mud Fiddle-Leaf) · N. stenophyllum (Slimpod Fiddleleaf) · N. stevensii (Stevens Fiddleleaf) · N. torynophyllum (Mat Fiddle-Leaf) · N. undulatum (Wavy Fiddle-Leaf) · N. xylopodum (Yellowseed Fiddleleaf)

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Further Reading

• Wang Wen-tsai, Liu Yu-lan, Zhu Ge-ling, Lian Yong-shan, Wang Jing-quan & Wang Qing-rui in Kung Xian-wu & Wang Wen-tsai, eds. 1989. Boraginaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 64(2): 1-253.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
• USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2668251
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-503922
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:432401-1
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 503922
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDHYD0A0F0
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: NASAL
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 51242

Footnotes

1. Gelin Zhu, Harald Riedl & Rudolf V. Kamelin "Boraginaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 329. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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