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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]
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
- Suborder:
Styracineae
()
-
- Family:
Symplocaceae
()
- Desfontaines, 1820, nom. cons.
- symplocos
- Genus:
Symplocos
()
- N.J. Jacquin, 1760
- Sweetleaf
- Specific epithet:
pedicellata
- Kurz
- Botanical name: - Symplocos pedicellata Kurz
- Specific epithet:
pedicellata
- Kurz
- Genus:
Symplocos
(
- Family:
Symplocaceae
(
- Suborder:
Styracineae
(
- Order:
Ericales
(
- Superorder:
Primulanae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
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)
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Further Reading
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45 2003 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 379, p. 582.
- Preliminary report on the forest and other vegetation of Pegu. CalcuttaC.B. Lewis, Baptist Mission Press1875 url p. l
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url , p. 31.
- The flora of British India /By J. D. Hooker assisted by various botanists. Published under the authority of the secretary of state for India in council. London: L. Reeve, 1875-97. url p. 574, p. 574.
- The flora of British India. London, L. Reeve & Co., 1875-97. url .
- vii.
- 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
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10920648
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 827241-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3862037
Footnotes
- 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]
- "Symplocos". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 235. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
