View source for Akebia ← Akebia You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Akebia |accepted_authority=Decaisne |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. |place=1: 195. 1839 |year=1839 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Lardizabalaceae;Akebia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lardizabalaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Akebia]]</div></div> |etymology=Japanese akebi, name for Akebia quinata |volume=Volume 3 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="vine growth form"><b>Vines,</b> twining.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>palmately compound;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaflet quantity;leaflet architecture">leaflets 3-5, articulate at base of blade and at base of petiolule.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="inflorescence arrangement;flower architecture;flower position;flower architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>racemose, pistillate flowers proximal to staminate flowers in each raceme.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="flower growth form;flower architecture;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>dimorphic: pistillate flowers larger and longer pediceled than staminate flowers;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower growth form;sepal coloration;sepal coloration;sepal coloration">sepals mostly brownish to purplish.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower architecture;pistillode presence"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: pistillodes present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower architecture;pistil quantity;pistil atypical quantity;pistil quantity"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: pistils (3-) -8 (-15);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower architecture;flower placentation">placentation laminar;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower architecture;staminode presence">staminodes present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="fruits follicle texture;fruits follicle dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>follicles, fleshy, dehiscent along adaxial suture.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>100-several hundred.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="seed quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 16.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;Asia |discussion=<p>Species 4 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Pistils in Akebia are incompletely closed distally (W. W. Payne and J. L. Seago 1968).</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=anderson1934a |text=Anderson, E. 1934. The genus Akebia. Bull. Popular Inform. Arnold Arbor., ser. 4, 2: 17-20. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=payne1968a |text=Payne, W. W. and J. L. Seago. 1968. The open conduplicate carpel of Akebia quinata (Berberidales: Lardizabalaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 55: 575-581. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=sargent1891a |text=Sargent, C. S. 1891. The fruit of Akebia quinata. Gard. & Forest 4: 136-137. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Akebia |author= |authority=Decaisne |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Lardizabalaceae |distribution=North America;Asia |reference=anderson1934a;payne1968a;sargent1891a |publication title=Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. |publication year=1839 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/287ef3db526bd807d435a3c7423ef2df1e951227/V3/V3_985.xml |genus=Akebia |flower architecture=pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;staminate;staminate;pistillate;staminate;pistillate |flower growth form=dimorphic;dimorphic |flower placentation=laminar |flower position=proximal |fruits follicle dehiscence=dehiscent |fruits follicle texture=fleshy |inflorescence arrangement=racemose |leaf architecture=compound |leaflet architecture=articulate |leaflet quantity=3;5 |pistil atypical quantity=8;15 |pistil quantity=8;[3 |pistillode presence=absent |seed quantity=100;several |sepal coloration=mostly brownish;purplish |staminode presence=absent |vine growth form=twining |x chromosome quantity=16 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Lardizabalaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Lardizabalaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Akebia.