View source for Pieris ← Pieris 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=Pieris |accepted_authority=D. Don |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Edinburgh New Philos. J. |place=17: 159. 1834 , }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae;Pieris |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pieris]]</div></div> |etymology=Latin name for one of the Muses |volume=Volume 8 |mention_page=page 372, 376, 496 |treatment_page=page 497 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>[trees] or vines. <b>Stems</b> ± erect; twigs multicellular stipitate-glandular-hairy and, sometimes, conspicuously strigose (hairs elongate, stiff, long-celled, eglandular), otherwise sparsely to densely unicellular-hairy. <b>Leaves</b> persistent or deciduous, alternate, sometimes pseudoverticillate [in whorls of 3]; blade ovate, elliptic, or slightly obovate, coriaceous, margins obscurely to clearly toothed or serrulate [entire], plane or revolute, surfaces multicellular, short-stalked stipitate-glandular-hairy (along with, in <i>P. floribunda</i>, stout, elongate hairs associated with marginal teeth, and unicellular-hairy on midvein adaxially); venation brochidodromous to reticulodromous (veins of varied thickness and conspicuousness). <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary or terminal panicles or racemes, 15–35-flowered, (borne the year preceding flowering). <b>Pedicels</b>: bracteoles 2, proximal or distal. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 5, slightly connate, ovate [oblong-lanceolate]; petals 5, connate for nearly their entire lengths, white, corolla urceolate to cylindric-urceolate, lobes short; stamens 10, included; filaments straight or geniculate, glabrous or hairy, with 2 stout, minutely papillose spurs at anther-filament junction; anthers without awns, dehiscent by elliptic pores; pistil 5-carpellate; ovary 5-locular; stigma capitate. <b>Fruits</b> capsular, subglobose or globose to ovoid, (with unthickened sutures), dry. <b>Seeds</b> 40–100, ellipsoidal to obovoid, ± rectangular or angular-ovoid, or narrowly conic, flattened or not, (sometimes slightly winged); testa cells elongate or isodiametric. <b>x</b> = 12.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=se United States;West Indies (Cuba);e Asia. |discussion=<p>Ampelothamnus Small; Arcterica Coville; Portuna Nuttall</p><!-- --><p>Species 7 (2 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=judd1982a |text=Judd, W. S. 1982. A taxonomic revision of Pieris (Ericaceae). J. Arnold Arbor. 63: 103–144. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=setoguchi2008a |text=Setoguchi, H., W. Watanabe, Y. Maeda, and C. I. Peng. 2008. Molecular phylogeny of the genus Pieris (Ericaceae) with special reference to phylogenetic relationships of insular plants on the Ryukyu Islands. Pl. Syst. Evol. 270: 217–230. }} }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Inflorescences axillary racemes; capsules with placentae central to nearly basal; styles strongly sunken into ovary apex; seeds with isodiametric testa cells; filaments geniculate, glabrous; twigs multicellular stipitate-glandular-hairy. |[[Pieris phillyreifolia|Pieris phillyreifolia]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Inflorescences terminal panicles; capsules with placentae subapical; styles slightly sunken into ovary apex; seeds with elongated testa cells; filaments straight, hairy; twigs multicellular stipitate-glandular-hairy and conspicuously strigose (hairs stout, elongate). |[[Pieris floribunda|Pieris floribunda]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Pieris |author=Walter S. Judd |authority=D. Don |rank=genus |parent rank=subfamily |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Ericaceae |distribution=se United States;West Indies (Cuba);e Asia. |reference=judd1982a;setoguchi2008a |publication title=Edinburgh New Philos. J. |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_971.xml |subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae |genus=Pieris }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Ericaceae (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 Pieris.