Interesting Facts
Description
Genus Scaevola
Herbs or shrubs
. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, entire or toothed
. Flowers in dichasial cymes, sessile or pedicellate
. Calyx lobes
obsolete
or conspi¬cuous. Corolla oblique
, split to the base
on one side; lobes subequal
, spreading
. Stamens with free
anthers
. Ovary usually inferior, 2-loculed; ovules l-2 in each, erect
; style simple
with pollen cup
enclosing a truncate
or 2 lobed
stigma. Fruit a drupe.
A genus with 80-100 tropical
and sub-tropical species; mostly Australian
and Polynesian.[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:
Campanulanae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Asterales
()
- Lindley, 1833
- Family:
Goodeniaceae
()
- R. Brown, 1810, nom. corr.
- Genus:
Scaevola
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1771, nom. cons.
- Naupaka
- Specific epithet:
browniana
- Carolin
- Botanical name: - Scaevola browniana Carolin
- Specific epithet:
browniana
- Carolin
- Genus:
Scaevola
(
- Family:
Goodeniaceae
(
- Order:
Asterales
(
- Superorder:
Campanulanae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : Carolin Publication : Telopea 1990
Similar Species
Members of the genus Scaevola
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 27 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
S. aemula (Blue Wonder) · S. aemula 'Blue Wonder' (Fan Flower) · S. aemula 'Diamond' (Fan Flower) · S. aemula 'New Wonder' (Fan Flower) · S. aemula 'Purple Fanfare' (Fan Flower) · S. aemula 'Whirlwind Blue' (Fan Flower) · S. aemula 'White Fan' (Fan Flower) · S. aemula 'Zig Zag' (Fan Flower) · S. cerasifolia (Naupaka) · S. chamissoniana (Naupaka Kuahiwi) · S. coriacea (Dwarf Naupaka) · S. gaudichaudiana (Mountain Naupaka) · S. gaudichaudii (Naupaka Kuahiwi) · S. glabra ('ohe Naupaka) · S. hobdyi (Hobdy's Naupaka) · S. kilaueae (Huahekili Uka) · S. mollis (Purple Naupaka) · S. plumieri (Beachberry) · S. procera (Forest Naupaka) · S. ramosissima (Hairy Fan-Flower) · S. ramosissima 'Marion' (White Fan Flower) · S. sericea (Beach Naupaka) · S. sericea var. sericea (Beach Naupaka) · S. sericea var. taccada (Beach Naupaka) · S. sericea var. taccada (Gaertn.) Thieret & B.Lipscomb (Beach Grape) · S. 'Mauve Clusters' (Fan Flower) · S. 'Whirlwind White' (Fan Flower)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 04, 2008:
- Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
- National Herbarium of New South Wales: NSW herbarium collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10673790
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:168795-3
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 939300-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1293498
Footnotes
- "Scaevola". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
