Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Showy Cappel
Description
Family Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae are trees , shrubs , or infrequently herbs comprising about 450 genera and 6,500 species, including some lianous forms. The leaves are simple and usually entire, and are opposite or sometimes whorled ; stipules are present and interpetiolar . The flowers are nearly always bisexual and actinomorphic , often heterostylous, and usually are in cymose inflorescences. The calyx is mostly somewhat reduced and 4-5-lobed or sometimes the lobes are obsolete or rarely one of them greatly expanded and brightly colored . The sympetalous corolla is mostly 4-5-lobed, occasionally with 3 or up to 10 lobes. The androecium consists of as many stamens as corolla lobes and is adnate to the corolla tube or epigynous zone, alternate with the lobes. The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of 2 or seldom more carpels, a single style, and a nearly always inferior ovary with the number of locules equaling the number of carpels, each with 1-many axile ovules. An epigynous nectary disk is usually present. The fruit is variable, sometimes forming multiples . -- Gerald Carr.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,028 meters (0 to 9,934 feet).[1]
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:
Gentiananae
()
- Thorne Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Gentianales
()
- Lindley, 1833
- Family:
Rubiaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789
- Coffee Family
- Subfamily:
Rubioideae
()
- Tribe:
Psychotrieae
()
- Genus:
Palicourea
()
- Aublet, 1775
- Specific epithet:
guianensis
- Subspecies:
barbinervis
- Botanical name: - Palicourea guianensis subsp. barbinervis (DC.) Steyerm.
- Subspecies:
barbinervis
- Specific epithet:
guianensis
- Genus:
Palicourea
(
- Tribe:
Psychotrieae
(
- Subfamily:
Rubioideae
(
- Family:
Rubiaceae
(
- Order:
Gentianales
(
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Palicourea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
P. alpina (Tafetan) · P. corniculata (Palicourea) · P. crocea (Red Cappel) · P. guianensis (Showy Cappel) · P. guianensis subsp. barbinervis (Showy Cappel)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 13, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed September 11, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Identifiers
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-35216
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1106122
Footnotes
- Mean = 843.930 meters (2,768.799 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,040.510 based on 43 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
