View source for Ardisia ← Ardisia 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=Ardisia |accepted_authority=Swartz |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Prodr., |place=3, 48. 1788, name conserved , }} |common_names=Marlberry |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Myrsinaceae;Ardisia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Myrsinaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ardisia]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek ardis, point of arrow or spear, alluding to anthers and/or corolla lobes |volume=Volume 8 |mention_page=page 302, 303 |treatment_page=page 318 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Subshrubs,</b> shrubs, or trees, not succulent, hairy, glabrescent. <b>Leaves</b> persistent, alternate (pseudoverticillate in <i>A. japonica</i>), monomorphic or dimorphic; petiole present [absent]; blade lanceolate, elliptic, or oblanceolate to obovate, base acute to obovate, margins entire, crenate, or undulate, flat, subrevolute, or revolute, apex obtuse or acute to acuminate, surfaces glabrous and/or with lepidote scales, sessile- or stipitate-stellate hairs, or glandular-villous. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, subterminal, axillary, or lateral panicles, racemes, cymes, subumbels, or umbels, sessile (pedunculate in <i>A. japonica</i>), longer than petioles. <b>Pedicels</b> present [absent]. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 4–5(–6), green, calyx lobes oblong-ovate to ovate, ± equaling tube; petals 4–5(–6), corolla white to pink, cupuliform to campanulate, lobes ± equaling tube, apex acute to acuminate; stamens (4–)5(–6); filaments connate basally into inconspicuous tube, free from corolla tube; stigma punctiform. <b>Fruits</b> drupaceous, globose or subglobose (<i>A. elliptica</i>), sometimes longitudinally costate, 4–8 mm, fleshy (endocarp crusty or slightly bony), indehiscent. <b>Seeds</b> 1, white to black, globose, covered by membranous remnants of placenta. <b>x</b> = 6.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Indian Ocean Islands (e;se Madagascar);Pacific Islands;Australia. |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Icacorea Aublet, name rejected</p><!-- --><p>Species ca. 400–500 (4 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=ricketson2003a |text=Ricketson, J. M. and J. J. Pipoly. 2003. Revision of Ardisia subgenus Auriculardisia (Myrsinaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 90: 179–317. }} }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Plants subshrubs, stoloniferous, 0.02-0.3(-0.4) m; leaf blade margins serrulate; inflores- cences 3-5-flowered. |[[Ardisia japonica|Ardisia japonica]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Plants subshrubs, shrubs, or trees, not stoloniferous, 1-15.2 m; leaf blade margins crenulate, undulate, or entire; inflorescences 5-18+-flowered |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Leaf blade margins crenulate or undulate (bearing vascularized nodules). |[[Ardisia crenata|Ardisia crenata]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Leaf blade margins entire (without vascularized nodules) |[[#key-0-3| > 3]] |-id=key-0-3 |3 |Branchlets glabrous; inflorescences subumbels or umbels. |[[Ardisia elliptica|Ardisia elliptica]] |-id=key-0-3 |3 |Branchlets sparsely to densely rufous-papillate, sometimes also with multicellular hairs; inflorescences panicles of racemes. |[[Ardisia escallonioides|Ardisia escallonioides]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Ardisia |author=John J. Pipoly III;Jon M. Ricketson |authority=Swartz |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Myrsinaceae |illustrator=Barbara Alongi |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association |distribution=Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Indian Ocean Islands (e;se Madagascar);Pacific Islands;Australia. |introduced=true |reference=ricketson2003a |publication title=Prodr., |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_637.xml |genus=Ardisia }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Myrsinaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Myrsinaceae (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 Ardisia.