View source for Comptonia ← Comptonia 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=Comptonia |accepted_authority=L'Héritier ex Aiton |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Hort. Kew. |place=3: 334. 1789 |year=1789 }} |common_names=Sweet-fern;comptonie |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Myricaceae;Comptonia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Myricaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Comptonia]]</div></div> |etymology=for Henry Compton, amateur horticulturist and Bishop of London |volume=Volume 3 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> fragrant. <b>Branches</b> spreading-ascending, terete, pubescent to glabate, glandular when young. <b>Leaves</b> mostly deciduous, occasionally persistent, ± deeply pinnatifid; stipules present, deciduous or ± persistent. <b>Leaf</b> blade linear-lanceolate, with 2-10 rounded to pointed lobes, membranous, glabrous or densely pubescent and glandular. <b>Inflorescences</b> cylindric; staminate eventually flexuous, pistillate globose-ovoid at maturity, appearing before leaves; bracts ovate or cordate, glabrous or variously pubescent. <b>Flowers</b> unisexual, staminate and pistillate usually on different plants, occasionally on same plants. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: stamens 3-8, shorter than subtending bract, filaments free or slightly fused. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: ovary subtended by persistent bract and 2 linear-subulate bracteoles at anthesis, bracteoles accrescent and developing 4-8 tertiary bracteoles (= scales of other authors), these longer than and concealing fruit; styles 2, elongate. <b>Fruits</b> oblong-ovoid, smooth (without protuberances), waxless. <b>x</b> = 8.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America. |discussion=<p>Species 1 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Comptonia |authority=L'Héritier ex Aiton |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Myricaceae |distribution=North America. |reference=None |publication title=Hort. Kew. |publication year=1789 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_801.xml |genus=Comptonia }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Myricaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Myricaceae (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) Return to Comptonia.