Symplocos micrantha

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Symplocaceae

Shrubs or trees , evergreen (Symplocos paniculata deciduous) . Leaves spirally or distichously arranged, simple ; stipules absent; leaf blade margin entire, dentate , or glandular dentate, midvein adaxially impressed or rarely flat or prominent . Inflorescences in spikes, racemes , panicles, or glomerules , rarely flowers solitary. Flowers actinomorphic , bisexual , rarely unisexual , supported by 1 bract and 2 bractlets , rarely bractless or with several bracts in leaf axil . Ovary inferior to half inferior, 2--5-locular but unless stated otherwise in descriptions 3-locular, with 2--4 ovules per locule. Calyx lobes (3--) 5, persistent , valvate or imbricate. Corolla white (not repeated in descriptions) or yellow, gamopetalous but divided nearly to base (or to middle in S. pendula) ; lobes (3--) 5(--11), imbricate. Stamens many, rarely 4 or 5, adnate to base of corolla tube , monadelphous in subgenus Symplocos, monadelphous to pentadelphous in subgenus Hopea; filaments distinct or in fascicles; anthers subglobose, 2-locular. Ovary usually with an apical 5-glandular, annular , cylindrical, or 5-lobed disc. Style 1, filiform ; stigma small, capitate or 2--5-lobed. Fruit a drupe. Seeds with copious endosperm; embryo straight or curved ; cotyledons very short.

One genus and ca. 200 species: widely distributed in tropics and subtropics of Asia, Australia, and America; 42 species (18 endemic) in China.[1]

Genus Symplocos

Morphological characters and geographical distribution are the same as the family .[2]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Symplocos polyantha Krug and Urban

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

Members of the genus Symplocos

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

S. coccinea (Limoncillo) · S. lanata (Nispero Cimarron) · S. martinicensis (Martinique Sweetleaf) · S. micrantha (Aceitunilla) · S. paniculata (Asiatic Sweetleaf) · S. racemosa (Lodh Tree) · S. tacanensis (Palo Mora) · S. tinctoria (Common Sweetleaf)

More Info

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Further Reading

• Forest of Port Rico; Washington, Govt. print. off., 1916. url p. 64, p. 93.
• Wu Rong-fen (as Wu Young-fen) in Wu Young-fen & Hwang Shu-mei, eds. 1987. Symplocaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 60(2): 1-77.
• Wu Rong-fen (as Wu Young-fen) in Wu Young-fen & Hwang Shu-mei, eds. 1987. Symplocaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 60(2): 1-77.

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 15, 2012.
• 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.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2669514
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-505414
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:827189-1
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 505414
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 827189-1
• MoBot NameID: 50218820
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: SYPO2
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 63086

Footnotes

1. Young-fen Wu & Hans P. Nooteboom "Symplocaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 235. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. "Symplocos". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 235. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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