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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Island Nesoluma, Keahi
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]
Physical Description
Habit: Tree , Shrub
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [2].
Ecology: In Hawaii the species once formed a significant component of lowland dry forest , and is now restricted to remnant patches of forest on lava flows and slopes which are less attractive for cultivation or grazing.[2].
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- 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:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Primulanae
()
- R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1996
- Order:
Ericales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Sapotaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Sapodilla Family
- Tribe:
Sideroxyleae
()
- Genus:
Nesoluma
()
- Baillon, 1891
- Specific epithet:
polynesicum
- (Hillebr.) Baill.
- Botanical name: - Nesoluma polynesicum (Hillebr.) Baill.
- Specific epithet:
polynesicum
- (Hillebr.) Baill.
- Genus:
Nesoluma
(
- Tribe:
Sideroxyleae
(
- Family:
Sapotaceae
(
- Order:
Ericales
(
- Superorder:
Primulanae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Chrysophyllum polynesicum Hillebr. • Isonandra polynesica (Hillebr.) Benth. & Hook. F. Ex Drake
Notes
Publishing author
: Benth. & Hook.f. ex
Drake Publication
: Ill.
Fl.
Ins. Mar. Pacif. (1892) 229
Publishing author: Hillebr. Publication: Fl. Haw. Isl. (1888) 277.
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Nesoluma
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
N. polynesicum (Island Nesoluma)
More Info
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Further Reading
- The World List of Threatened Trees WCMC, IUCN url p. 391.
- Li Shu-gang (as Lee Shu-kang). 1987. Sapotaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 60(1): 47-83.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed March 24, 2007.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 13, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- 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.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Nesoluma polynesicum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2668274
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-135382
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 503950
- IUCN ID: 226690
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDSPT07010
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: NEPO
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 51786
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. [back]
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Nesoluma polynesicum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]
