View source for Symplocos ← Symplocos 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=Symplocos |accepted_authority=Jacquin |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Enum. Syst. Pl., |place=5, 24. 1760 , }} |common_names=Sweetleaf |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Symplocaceae;Symplocos |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Symplocaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Symplocos]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek symplokos, connected, twisted, entwined, evidently alluding to connation of stamens and their adnation to petals in type species, S. martinicensis Jacquin |volume=Volume 8 |mention_page=page 331 |treatment_page=page 330 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, glabrous or hairy (hairs simple, 1-celled, with transverse septa); new vegetative growth from axillary and/or pseudoterminal buds. <b>Branches</b> smooth at maturity, glabrous or white- or rufous-pubescent. <b>Leaves</b> often sweet tasting; blade with marginal teeth usually glandular, apex acute to acuminate, midvein abaxially prominent, adaxially raised, prominent, or impressed [rarely flat]. <b>Flowers</b> fragrant; sepals imbricate; petals imbricate, white or yellow [pink, reddish, or lavender]; filaments glabrous [hairy]; anthers rotund-ovate to spheric. <b>Drupes</b> usually blue, sometimes orange to brown [white], crowned by persistent calyx; endocarp 1[–5]-celled. <b>x</b> = 11.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=e;s United States;West Indies (Antilles);South America (Argentina;Brazil);Asia (China;India;Japan);Pacific Islands (Fiji);Australia;temperate;tropical;and subtropical areas. |discussion=<p>Species 318 (2 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>1 Leaf midveins impressed adaxially, blade margins closely serrate, serrulate, or dentate; inflorescences paniculate, usually internodal; flowers appearing with leaves; corolla lobes</p><!-- --><p>2.5–5 mm; styles 2–4 mm; drupes bright blue to bluish black 1. Symplocos paniculata</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf midveins impressed adaxially, blade margins closely serrate, serrulate, or dentate; inflorescences paniculate, usually internodal; flowers appearing with leaves; corolla lobes 2.5-5 mm; styles 2-4 mm; drupes bright blue to bluish black. |[[Symplocos paniculata|Symplocos paniculata]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf midveins raised to prominent adaxially, blade margins usually obscurely crenulate-serrulate, teeth remote, sometimes nearly entire; inflorescences fasciculate, axillary; flowers appearing before leaves; corolla lobes 6-8 mm; styles 5-6 mm; drupes dark orange to brown. |[[Symplocos tinctoria|Symplocos tinctoria]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Symplocos |author= |authority=Jacquin |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Symplocaceae |distribution=e;s United States;West Indies (Antilles);South America (Argentina;Brazil);Asia (China;India;Japan);Pacific Islands (Fiji);Australia;temperate;tropical;and subtropical areas. |reference=None |publication title=Enum. Syst. Pl., |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_653.xml |genus=Symplocos }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Symplocaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Symplocaceae (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 Symplocos.