Description
Family Actinidiaceae
Trees
, shrubs
, or woody vines
. Leaves alternate, simple
, shortly or long petiolate
, not stipulate
. Flowers bisexual
or unisexual
or plants
polygamous or functionally dioecious, usually fascicled, cymose
, or paniculate
. Sepals (2 or 3 or) 5, imbricate, rarely valvate
. Petals (4 or) 5, sometimes more, imbricate. Stamens 10 to numerous
, distinct
or adnate
to base
of petals, hypogynous; anthers
2-celled, versatile, dehiscing by apical pores
or longitudinally. Ovary superior, disk absent, locules and carpels 3-5 or more; placentation axile
; ovules anatropous
with a single integument, 10 or more per locule; styles
as many as carpels, distinct or connate
(then only one style), generally persistent
. Fruit a berry or leathery capsule. Seeds not arillate
, with usually large embryos and abundant endosperm.
Three genera and ca.
357 species: Asia and the Americas; three genera (one endemic) and 66 species (52 endemic) in China.
Economically, kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa) is an important fruit, which originated in central China and is especially common along the Yangtze River
(well known as yang-tao) . Now, it is widely cultivated throughout the world.Jianqiang Li, Li Xinwei & D. Doel Soejarto "Actinidiaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 12 Page 334,364. 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:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Flowering Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Dilleniidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Ericanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Actinidiales
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1993
- Family:
Actinidiaceae
()
- Hutchinson, 1926
- Chinese Gooseberry Family
- Genus:
Obelanthera
()
- Specific epithet:
melastomacea
- Turcz.
- Botanical name: - Obelanthera melastomacea Turcz.
- Specific epithet:
melastomacea
- Turcz.
- Genus:
Obelanthera
(
- Family:
Actinidiaceae
(
- Order:
Actinidiales
(
- Superorder:
Ericanae
(
- Subclass:
Dilleniidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Obelanthera
There are approximately 1 species in this genus:
Bibliography
- Liang Chou-fen, Chen Yong-chang & Wang Yu-sheng. 1984. Actinidiaceae (excluding Sladenia). In: Feng Kuo-mei, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 49(2): 195-301, 309-334.
- X. W. Li, J. Q. Li, and D. D. Soejarto (Acta Phytotax. Sin. 45: 633-660. 2007).
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Notes
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15874383
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:829206-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 829206-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3707690
