View source for Hura ← Hura 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=Hura |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=2: 1008. 1753 |year=1753 }} |common_names=Sandbox tree |special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status |code=I |label=Introduced }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Hura |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Hura]]</div></div> |etymology=Native American word for poisonous sap, alluding to caustic latex |volume=Volume 12 |mention_page=page 157, 159 |treatment_page=page 230 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> monoecious; trunk with broad-based, conic thorns; hairs unbranched; latex white or colorless. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous, alternate, simple; stipules present, caducous; petiole present, glands present at apex, lateral, conspicuous; blade unlobed, margins serrate or crenate-serrulate, laminar glands absent; venation pinnate. <b>Inflorescences</b> usually unisexual, rarely bisexual (pistillate flowers proximal, staminate distal); staminate terminal, spikelike thyrses, cymules densely crowded in conelike structure; pistillate axillary, solitary flowers; bisexual as in staminate with solitary pistillate flower at base; glands subtending each bract 0. <b>Pedicels</b> present. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 5, imbricate, connate most of length; petals 0; nectary absent; stamens 10–80, connate entire length forming thick column; pistillode absent. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals 5, connate entire length; petals 0; nectary absent; pistil 5–20-carpellate; style 1, unbranched, terminating in lobed stigmatic disc. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, woody. <b>Seeds</b> lenticular; caruncle absent. <b>x</b> = 11.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Florida;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;introduced also in tropical areas worldwide. |discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Hura polyandra Baillon is distributed from Mexico to Nicaragua.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Hura |author=Michael J. Huft |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Euphorbiaceae |distribution=Florida;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;introduced also in tropical areas worldwide. |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl. |publication year=1753 |special status=Introduced |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_730.xml |genus=Hura }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Euphorbiaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Euphorbiaceae (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/ID/Special status (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Hura.