Difference between revisions of "Iteaceae"
FNA>Volume Importer |
imported>Volume Importer |
||
| (6 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 18: | Line 18: | ||
|distribution=c;e United States;e Asia;Africa. | |distribution=c;e United States;e Asia;Africa. | ||
|discussion=<p>Genus 1, species 29 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- | |discussion=<p>Genus 1, species 29 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- | ||
| − | --><p>Iteaceae, which has been included in Grossulariaceae (A. Cronquist 1981) or Escalloniaceae (R. F. Thorne 1992b), has a disjunct distribution, with Itea virginica in southeastern North America and other species in southeastern Africa and southeastern Asia. Molecular data place it sister to the Mexican genus Pterostemon S. Schauer within the core Saxifragales (M. Fishbein et al. 2001).</p> | + | --><p>Iteaceae, which has been included in Grossulariaceae (A. Cronquist 1981) or Escalloniaceae (R. F. Thorne 1992b), has a disjunct distribution, with <i>Itea virginica</i> in southeastern North America and other species in southeastern Africa and southeastern Asia. Molecular data place it sister to the Mexican genus Pterostemon S. Schauer within the core Saxifragales (M. Fishbein et al. 2001).</p> |
|tables= | |tables= | ||
|references={{Treatment/Reference | |references={{Treatment/Reference | ||
| Line 38: | Line 38: | ||
|family=Iteaceae | |family=Iteaceae | ||
|illustrator=Barbara Alongi | |illustrator=Barbara Alongi | ||
| + | |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association | ||
|distribution=c;e United States;e Asia;Africa. | |distribution=c;e United States;e Asia;Africa. | ||
|reference=kubitzki2007a | |reference=kubitzki2007a | ||
| Line 43: | Line 44: | ||
|publication year= | |publication year= | ||
|special status= | |special status= | ||
| − | |source xml=https:// | + | |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_5.xml |
}}<!-- | }}<!-- | ||
-->[[Category:Treatment]] | -->[[Category:Treatment]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:44, 5 November 2020
Shrubs [subshrubs, trees, vines], evergreen to semi-evergreen [deciduous]. Leaves alternate, simple; stipules present; petiole present; blade margins unlobed, glandular-serrate [entire]. Inflorescences terminal or axillary racemes [panicles]. Flowers bisexual; perianth and androecium nearly hypogenous [3/4 epigynous]; hypanthium adnate to ovary at base, free distally; sepals 5, connate proximally; petals 5, distinct; nectary disc present; stamens 5, antisepalous, inserted at nectary margin, free, distinct; anthers introrsely dehiscent by longitudinal slits; pistils 1, 2-carpellate; ovary nearly superior [to 3/4 inferior], 2-locular; placentation axile; ovules anatropous, bitegmic, crassinucellate; styles 2, distinct or connate apically; stigmas 2, terminal, capitate. Fruits capsular, dehiscence septicidal. Seeds 20–30, dark brown or yellowish brown, narrowly fusiform or ovoid; endosperm sparse, fleshy.
Distribution
c, e United States, e Asia, Africa.
Discussion
Genus 1, species 29 (1 in the flora).
Iteaceae, which has been included in Grossulariaceae (A. Cronquist 1981) or Escalloniaceae (R. F. Thorne 1992b), has a disjunct distribution, with Itea virginica in southeastern North America and other species in southeastern Africa and southeastern Asia. Molecular data place it sister to the Mexican genus Pterostemon S. Schauer within the core Saxifragales (M. Fishbein et al. 2001).
