Carpodetus
''Carpodetus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Rousseaceae family. It was formerly considered to lie within the Escalloniaceae. Its species occur in New Guinea, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. The genus is characterised by small trees with alternate, evergreen leaves, bearing small white flowers with few stamens. Species Described species include: *'' Carpodetus amplus'' Reeder *'' Carpodetus arboreus'' (Lauterb. & K.Schum.) Schltr. *'' Carpodetus archboldianus'' Reeder *'' Carpodetus denticulatus'' (Ridl.) Reeder *'' Carpodetus flexuosus'' (Ridl.) Reeder *'' Carpodetus fuscus'' Reeder *'' Carpodetus grandiflorus'' Schltr. *'' Carpodetus major'' Schltr. *'' Carpodetus montanus'' (Ridl.) Reeder *'' Carpodetus pullei'' Schltr. *'' Carpodetus serratus'' J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. New Zealand Taxonomy ''Carpodetus'' and its type species ''C. serratus'' were first described by father and son Forster in 1773 and placed in the Saxifragaceae. In 1934 it was assigned to the n ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carpodetus Flexuosus
''Carpodetus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Rousseaceae family. It was formerly considered to lie within the Escalloniaceae. Its species occur in New Guinea, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. The genus is characterised by small trees with alternate, evergreen leaves, bearing small white flowers with few stamens. Species Described species include: *''Carpodetus amplus'' Reeder *''Carpodetus arboreus'' (Lauterb. & K.Schum.) Schltr. *''Carpodetus archboldianus'' Reeder *''Carpodetus denticulatus'' (Ridl.) Reeder *''Carpodetus flexuosus'' (Ridl.) Reeder *''Carpodetus fuscus'' Reeder *''Carpodetus grandiflorus'' Schltr. *''Carpodetus major'' Schltr. *''Carpodetus montanus'' (Ridl.) Reeder *''Carpodetus pullei'' Schltr. *'' Carpodetus serratus'' J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. New Zealand Taxonomy ''Carpodetus'' and its type species ''C. serratus'' were first described by father and son Forster in 1773 and placed in the Saxifragaceae. In 1934 it was assigned to th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carpodetus Pullei
''Carpodetus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Rousseaceae family. It was formerly considered to lie within the Escalloniaceae. Its species occur in New Guinea, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. The genus is characterised by small trees with alternate, evergreen leaves, bearing small white flowers with few stamens. Species Described species include: *'' Carpodetus amplus'' Reeder *'' Carpodetus arboreus'' (Lauterb. & K.Schum.) Schltr. *'' Carpodetus archboldianus'' Reeder *'' Carpodetus denticulatus'' (Ridl.) Reeder *''Carpodetus flexuosus'' (Ridl.) Reeder *'' Carpodetus fuscus'' Reeder *'' Carpodetus grandiflorus'' Schltr. *'' Carpodetus major'' Schltr. *'' Carpodetus montanus'' (Ridl.) Reeder *'' Carpodetus pullei'' Schltr. *''Carpodetus serratus'' J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. New Zealand Taxonomy ''Carpodetus'' and its type species ''C. serratus'' were first described by father and son Forster in 1773 and placed in the Saxifragaceae. In 1934 it was assigned to the new ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carpodetus Serratus
''Carpodetus serratus'' is an evergreen tree with small ovate or round, mottled leaves with a toothy margin, and young twigs grow zig-zag, and fragrant white flowers in 5 cm panicles and later black chewy berries. It is an endemic of New Zealand. Its most common name is putaputāwētā which means many wētā emerge - referring to the nocturnal Orthoptera that live in holes in the trunk of this tree made by Pūriri moth caterpillars. Regional variations on the name also refer to this insect that lives and feeds on it such as kaiwētā, and punawētā. The tree is also sometimes called ''marbleleaf''. It is found in broadleaf forest in both North, South and Stewart Islands. It flowers between November and March, and fruits are ripe from January to February. Description Putaputāwētā is small tree of up to 10 m in height. It develops a slender trunk of up to 30 cm in diameter, which is covered by rough and corky bark, has a mottled grey-white colouring and is ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rousseaceae
Rousseaceae is a plant family in the order Asterales containing trees and shrubs. The fruit is a berry or capsule. Leaves are simple, with toothed margins. Leaf stipules are not seen in this group. The family contains four genera and twelve or thirteen species. From Mauritius, Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand and a few other Pacific Islands. The genera ''Abrophyllum ''Abrophyllum'' ( syn.: ''Brachynema'' F.Muell.) is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Saxifragaceae ''sensu lato'' according to Engler, A. in Engler & Prantl and Schulze-Menz, G. K. in Melchior, 1964; placed in Subfamily Esca ...'', '' Cuttsia'' and '' Carpodetus'' have been formerly placed in a separate family, Carpodetaceae, or within Escalloniaceae. Taxonomy ''Roussea'' is sister to the remainder of the family and is most distanced from the other genera. ''Carpodetus'' is the sister to the clade consisting of ''Abrophyllum'' and ''Cuttsia''. This results in the following phylogenetic t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |