View source for Canotia ← Canotia 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=Canotia |accepted_authority=Torrey ex A. Gray in J. C. Ives |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Rep. Colorado R. |place=4: 15. 1861 |year=1861 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Celastraceae;Canotia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Celastraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Canotia]]</div></div> |etymology=Spanish name in Mexico |volume=Volume 12 |mention_page=page 112 |treatment_page=page 119 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees. <b>Branchlets</b> terete. <b>Leaves</b> caducous scalelike, plants appearing leafless, alternate; stipules absent; petiole absent; blade margins entire; venation obscure. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, cymes or thyrses. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual, radially symmetric; perianth and androecium hypogynous; hypanthium absent; sepals 5, distinct; petals 5, greenish white to yellowish white; nectary absent; stamens 5; staminodes 0; pistil 5-carpellate; ovary superior, 5-locular, placentation axile; style 1; stigmas 5; ovules 2 per locule. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, 5-locular, oblong, apex beaked. <b>Seeds</b> 1–2 per locule, oval to oblong, winged in proximal 1/2; aril absent. <b>x</b> = 15.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Arizona;n Mexico. |discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>The systematic position of Canotia has been much disputed. Morphologic (M. C. Johnston 1975; H. Tobe and P. H. Raven 1993) and DNA-sequence data (M. P. Simmons et al. 2008) support placement in Celastraceae near Euonymus and Paxistima.</p><!-- --><p>The other species of Canotia, C. wendtii M. C. Johnston, is restricted to Chihuahua, Mexico.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Canotia |author=Jinshuang Ma; Geoffrey A. Levin |authority=Torrey ex A. Gray in J. C. Ives |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Celastraceae |distribution=Arizona;n Mexico. |reference=None |publication title=Rep. Colorado R. |publication year=1861 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_116.xml |genus=Canotia }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Celastraceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Celastraceae (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 Canotia.