Myrica rivas-martinezii

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Overview

Critically Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Family Myricaceae

Trees or shrubs , evergreen or deciduous, monoecious or dioecious, aromatic , often with resinous , peltate glands . Leaves alternate, simple , pinnately veined, entire to irregularly serrate or lobed , rarely pinnatifid ; stipules absent or rarely present. Flowers in spikes, usually unisexual , anemophilous , without perianth. Male flowers solitary in axil of each bract, with 2-4 bracteoles or not. Stamens 2-20, often 4-8 on receptacle at base of bract; filaments short, free or slightly united at base; anthers erect , dithecal , extrorse , dehiscing longitudinally. Female flowers solitary or 2-4 in axil of bract, usually with 2-4 bracteoles. Gynoecium of 2 carpels united into a compound and 1-loculed ovary; styles distinct or united only at base; ovule solitary, basal, erect, orthotropous . Fruit drupaceous , or nearly a nutlet , often with headlike, wax-covered papillae; endocarp hard. Seeds nearly without endosperm; embryo straight; cotyledons fleshy , plano-convex .

Three genera and ca. 50 species: widespread in both hemispheres, mostly in temperate or subtropical regions; one genus and four species (two endemic) in China.[1]

Genus Myrica

Trees or shrubs evergreen or deciduous, dioecious or monoecious, with resinous , peltate glands in young parts. Leaves simple , often aggregated at apex of shoot , margin entire or serrate; stipules absent. Flowering precocious or coetaneous . Inflorescences spicate , simple or paniculate . Male flowers with 2-8(-20) stamens; filaments free or united at base , with bracteoles or not. Female flowers with 2-4 bracteoles adnate to ovary and enlarged, or free and not enlarged; ovary with resinous glands; style short, with 2 relatively long stigmatic branches. Fruit a drupe, often with headlike, wax-covered papillae; endocarp hard. Seeds erect , with membranous testa.

About 50 species: nearly worldwide except for some warm temperate parts of Old World and Australia; four species (two endemic) in China.[2]

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [3].

Ecology: This tree occurs in abandoned open terraces , covered by aggressive species and partially recolonized by elements of "monteverde" (forest of laurel-like trees and shrubs ). It can also grow in slopes and stream beds where dominant vegetation is the Myrico fayae-Ericion arboreae (Commission of the European Communities 2009). Frequent accompanying species are Myrica faya, Erica arborea, Juniperus turbinata ssp. canariensis, Ilex canariensis, Laurus azorica and Adenocarpus foliolosus (Carqué Álamo et al. 2004). [3].

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.9     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.4     Shrubland - Temperate   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Publishing author : A.Santos Publication : Fund. Juan March, ser. univ., Cienc. Agrar. (Contrib. conocim. fl. veg. Hierro) 114: 45 (1980) 1980

Similar Species

Members of the genus Myrica

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

M. comptonia (Sweetgale) · M. gale (Bog Myrtle) · M. gale var. gale (Sweetgale) · M. hartwegii (Sierra Bayberry) · M. rivas-martinezii (Faya Herre) · M. rubra (Chinese Arbutus)

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Further Reading

• The World List of Threatened Trees WCMC, IUCN url p. 372.
• Kuang Ko-zen & Lu An-ming. 1979. Myricaceae. In: Kuang Ko-zen & Li Pei-chun, eds., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 21: 1-6.
• Kuang Ko-zen & Lu An-ming. 1979. Myricaceae. In: Kuang Ko-zen & Li Pei-chun, eds., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 21: 1-6.

Notes

Contributors

• Bañares, A. et al. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Baares Baudet, A., Carqu lamo, E., Marrero Gmez, M.V., Ojeda Land, E. & Fernndez Lpez, . 2011. Myrica rivas-martinezii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
• Baares, A. et al. 1998. Myrica rivas-martinezii. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. &lt;www.iucnredlist.org&gt;. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 15, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Dec 27, 2011.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 15, 2008:

• European Environment Agency: EUNIS
• GBIF-Spain: Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Montes, UPM: EMMA

Identifiers

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15633317
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:896601-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 896601-1
• IUCN ID: 225197
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 755540

Footnotes

1. Anmin Lu & Allan J. Bornstein "Myricaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 4 Page 275. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Anmin Lu & Allan J. Bornstein "Myrica". in Flora of China Vol. 4 Page 275. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
3. Bañares Baudet, A., Carqué Álamo, E., Marrero Gómez, M.V., Ojeda Land, E. & Fernández López, Á. 2011. Myrica rivas-martinezii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]

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