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Flacourtiaceae
The Flacourtiaceae is a defunct family of flowering plants whose former members have been scattered to various families, mostly to the Achariaceae and Salicaceae. It was so vaguely defined that hardly anything seemed out of place there and it became a dumping ground for odd and anomalous genera, gradually making the family even more heterogeneous. In 1975, Hermann Sleumer noted that "Flacourtiaceae as a family is a fiction; only the tribes are homogeneous." In Cronquist's classification, the Flacourtiaceae included 79–89 genera and 800–1000 species. Of these, many, including the type genus '' Flacourtia'', have now been transferred to the Salicaceae in the molecular phylogeny-based classification, known as the APG IV system, established by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. In the list below, the Salicaceae are circumscribed broadly. Some taxonomists further divide the Salicaceae ''sensu lato'' into three families: Salicaceae ''sensu stricto ''Sensu'' is a Latin word meanin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abatia
''Abatia'' (synonym (taxonomy), syn. ''Raleighia'' George Gardner (botanist), Gardner) is a genus of about ten species of Central America, Central and South American trees in the family Salicaceae (following the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification). Previously, it was treated in the family Flacourtiaceae, or tribe Abatieae of the family Passifloraceae (Lemke 1988) or Samydaceae by George Bentham, G. Bentham & Joseph Dalton Hooker, J.D. Hooker and John Hutchinson (botanist), Hutchinson. Its native range stretches from Mexico to northern Argentina. It is also found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Peru. ''Abatia'' has opposite leaves with very small stipules and marginal glands at the base of the blade of the leaf. The valvate (meeting at the edges without overlapping) perianth (sepal and petal together) members are closely joined at the base. They bear many wiktionary:Filament, filamentous processes. The leaves of ''Abatia rugosa, A. rugosa'' and ''Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahernia
''Ahernia'' is a genus of a single species, ''Ahernia glandulosa'', a tree in the family Achariaceae, native to Hainan and Luzon island of the Philippines. Previously it was treated in the family Flacourtiaceae before being placed in Achariaceae. ''Ahernia'' is closely related to the American genera '' Hasseltia'', '' Macrothumia'', and '' Pleuranthodendron'', but differs in its axillary racemes and more numerous (10–15) petals. ''Ahernia glandulosa'' is found in low elevation primary forests and is known in the Tagalog language Tagalog ( ,According to the ''OED'' anMerriam-Webster Online Dictionary ; ''Baybayin'': ) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as ... as ''butun'' or ''sanglai''. It grows tall. References Achariaceae Achariaceae genera Monotypic Malpighiales genera Flora of Hainan Flora of Luzon Trees of the Philippines Trees of China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salicaceae
The Salicaceae are the willow family of flowering plants. The traditional family (Salicaceae ''sensu stricto'') includes the willows, poplars. Genetic studies summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) have greatly expanded the circumscription of the family to contain 56 genera and about 1220 species, including the tropical Scyphostegiaceae and many of the former Flacourtiaceae. In the Cronquist system, the Salicaceae were assigned to their own order, Salicales, and contained three genera, ''willow, Salix'', ''Populus'', and ''Chosenia'' (now a synonym of ''Salix''). Recognized to be closely related to the Violaceae and Passifloraceae, the family is placed by the APG in the order Malpighiales. Under the new circumscription, most members of the family are trees or shrubs that have Simple leaf, simple leaves with Phyllotaxis, alternate arrangement, and temperate members are usually deciduous. Most members have serrate or dentate leaf margins, and many of those that have s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achariaceae
Achariaceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of 31 genera and about 155 species of tropical herbs, shrubs, and trees. The APG IV system has greatly expanded the scope of the family by including many genera previously classified in Flacourtiaceae. Molecular data strongly support the inclusion of this family in the order Malpighiales. The family is almost exclusively tropical and is best known as the source of chaulmoogra oil, formerly used to treat leprosy. Unlike other members of the former Flacourtiaceae now placed in the family Salicaceae, the genera of Achariaceae typically have cyanogenic glycosides. Genera The following 31 genera are accepted by Plants of the World Online Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. History Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ... : References Malpighiales fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scyphostegiaceae
''Scyphostegia borneensis'' is a species of shrub or small tree endemic to Borneo. This unusual plant is the only species in the genus ''Scyphostegia''. In many taxonomic classifications the genus was placed in its own family, the Scyphostegiaceae. Analyses of DNA data indicated that the species is related to a group of species of the now defunct Flacourtiaceae, a group which is now placed in a broadly circumscribed Salicaceae The Salicaceae are the willow family of flowering plants. The traditional family (Salicaceae ''sensu stricto'') includes the willows, poplars. Genetic studies summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) have greatly expanded the circumsc .... References Salicaceae Monotypic Malpighiales genera Salicaceae genera {{Salicaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baileyoxylon
''Baileyoxylon'' is a monotypic genus in the family Achariaceae. The sole described species is ''Baileyoxylon lanceolatum'' which is restricted to a very small part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland. It was described in the mid 20th century. Description ''Baileyoxylon lanceolatum'' is an evergreen tree growing up to about tall with medium grey bark and branchlets that are covered in rusty brown hairs. The dark green leaves are rather thick and measure up to long by wide, with 7–10 pairs of secondary veins either side of the midrib. They are obovate to oblong in shape, acuminate (pointed) at the tip and cuneate (tapering) at the base, and they have a relatively long petiole. The much-branched inflorescence can reach up to long and is also covered with rusty brown hairs. The small flowers are about long and have 5 petals. The globose orange fruit is, in botanical terminology, a berry containing one or two seeds. It measures around diameter. Taxonomy This species was fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wastebasket Taxon
Wastebasket taxon (also called a wastebin taxon, dustbin taxon or catch-all taxon) is a term used by some taxonomists to refer to a taxon that has the purpose of classifying organisms that do not fit anywhere else. They are typically defined by either their designated members' often superficial similarity to each other, or their ''lack'' of one or more distinct character states or by their ''not'' belonging to one or more other taxa. Wastebasket taxa are by definition either paraphyletic or polyphyletic, and are therefore not considered valid taxa under strict cladistic rules of taxonomy. The name of a wastebasket taxon may in some cases be retained as the designation of an evolutionary grade, however. Examples There are many examples of paraphyletic groups, but true "wastebasket" taxa are those that are known not to, and perhaps not intended to, represent natural groups, but are nevertheless used as convenient groups of organisms. The acritarchs are perhaps the most famous ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aphaerema
''Aphaerema'' was formerly a genus of flowering plants in the Flacourtiaceae, consisting of one species of small shrubs, '' Aphaerema spicata'', which is native to Brazil and Argentina. Later studies indicated that ''Aphaerema'' should be classified in the willow family, Salicaceae, and combined with the genus ''Abatia''.Alford, M.H. 2006. Nomenclatural innovations in neotropical Salicaceae. ''Novon'' 16(3): 293–298. Because the name ''Abatia spicata'' was already used, the species was given the new name ''Abatia angeliana ''Abatia'' (synonym (taxonomy), syn. ''Raleighia'' George Gardner (botanist), Gardner) is a genus of about ten species of Central America, Central and South American trees in the family Salicaceae (following the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classif ...'', in honor of Brazilian botanist João Angely. ''Aphaerema'' (or ''Abatia'' including ''Aphaerema'') is one of the few groups of Salicaceae with opposite leaves. References Salicaceae Historically recogn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samydaceae
Samydaceae is a family of tropical and subtropical woody plants, its best known genus being '' Casearia''. It has always been of uncertain placement, in the past usually being submerged in the family Flacourtiaceae. A 2002 paper included the Samydaceae in the family Salicaceae, a placement accepted in the APG III system onwards and also by Plants of the World Online Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. History Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ... . This placement has by no means been universally accepted.Alford, Mac H. 2007. Samydaceae. Version 6 February 2007 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Samydaceae/68361/2007.02.06 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/ References External links Tree of Life Samydaceae Malpighiales Malpighiales families Historically recognized angiosperm familie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flacourtia Indica Fruit In Hyderabad W IMG 7482
''Flacourtia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. It was previously placed in the now defunct family Flacourtiaceae. The generic name honors Étienne de Flacourt (1607–1660), a governor of Madagascar. It contains 23 species of shrubs and small trees that are native to the African and Asian tropics and subtropics. Several species, especially ''Flacourtia indica'', are cultivated as ornamentals and for their fruits. The trunks of small trees are often guarded by branching spines. Species As accepted by Plants of the World Online; * '' Flacourtia amalotricha'' * '' Flacourtia cavaleriei'' * '' Flacourtia degeneri'' * '' Flacourtia flavescens'' * '' Flacourtia helferi'' * '' Flacourtia indica'' – southern Asia, Madagascar * '' Flacourtia inermis'' (Batoko plum) * '' Flacourtia jangomas'' – (Indian coffee plum) Tropical Asia * '' Flacourtia kinabaluensis'' * '' Flacourtia latifolia'' * '' Flacourtia mollipila'' * '' Flacourtia mollis'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azara (plant)
''Azara'' is a genus of eleven species of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. They are native to temperate to subtropical regions of South America, from southern Brazil and Bolivia to southern Argentina and Chile. They are most often found at woodland margins and lakesides. ''Azara'' was formerly classed in the family Flacourtiaceae. They are evergreen shrubs and small trees growing to 1–8 m tall. The leaves are alternate, or in some species they appear paired, are simple 1–9 cm long and 0.5–5 cm broad. The opposite-leaved appearance of some species is unusual in that one stipule is enlarged giving the appearance of opposite paired"leaves. The flowers are small, yellow or greenish, strongly fragrant, with a 4-5-lobed calyx and no petals but conspicuous long, often brightly colored, stamens; flowering is in spring. The fruit is a red to black berry 3–10 mm diameter. Several species are cultivated as ornamental plants in gardens. In temperate re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aphloiaceae
''Aphloia'' is a genus of flowering plants that contains a single species, ''Aphloia theiformis'', the sole species of the monogeneric family Aphloiaceae. It is a species of evergreen shrubs or small trees occurring in East Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands and the Seychelles. Taxonomy The genus ''Aphloia'' was described by John Joseph Bennett in 1840 and included in Flacourtiaceae, where most authors continued to include it until Armen Takhtajan recognized its misplacement and created the new family Aphloiaceae in Violales to accommodate it. In 2003 the APG II system included Aphloiaceae in the Rosids without specifying an order. Matthews & Endress (2005) and Stevens (2006) include the family in an enlarged order Crossosomatales. The APG III system of 2009 followed suit and includes Aphloiaceae within the Crossosomatales. Description ''Aphloia theiformis'' is an evergreen shrub or small tree reaching up to high. Young branches are hairless, brown in colour, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
