Difference between revisions of "Rhodomyrtus"
Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch, 177. 1841.
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| − | --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, pubescent, hairs simple. <b>Leaves</b> opposite; blade venation brochidodromous to acrodromous. <b>Inflorescences</b> 1- or 3[–7]-flowered, axillary, solitary flowers or dichasia. <b>Flowers</b> 4- or 5(–7)-merous, pedicellate; hypanthium campanulate; calyx lobes persistent, distinct; petals pink or red [whitish]; stamens ca. 150; ovary [1–]3 [or 4]-locular (false septae causing ovary to appear to have 2 times number of locules in fruit); placenta axile or parietal; ovules 16–20 per locule. <b>Fruits</b> berries, purplish black, subglobose, ellipsoidal, or elongate-cylindrical. <b>Seeds</b> usually 20+, reniform, in compact, stacklike rows, each seed surrounded by false, longitudinal and horizontal septae; seed coat hardened but porous; embryo <i>C<i | + | --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, pubescent, hairs simple. <b>Leaves</b> opposite; blade venation brochidodromous to acrodromous. <b>Inflorescences</b> 1- or 3[–7]-flowered, axillary, solitary flowers or dichasia. <b>Flowers</b> 4- or 5(–7)-merous, pedicellate; hypanthium campanulate; calyx lobes persistent, distinct; petals pink or red [whitish]; stamens ca. 150; ovary [1–]3 [or 4]-locular (false septae causing ovary to appear to have 2 times number of locules in fruit); placenta axile or parietal; ovules 16–20 per locule. <b>Fruits</b> berries, purplish black, subglobose, ellipsoidal, or elongate-cylindrical. <b>Seeds</b> usually 20+, reniform, in compact, stacklike rows, each seed surrounded by false, longitudinal and horizontal septae; seed coat hardened but porous; embryo <i>C</i>-shaped; cotyledons linear, shorter than hypocotyl.</span><!-- |
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Latest revision as of 10:33, 9 May 2022
Shrubs or trees, pubescent, hairs simple. Leaves opposite; blade venation brochidodromous to acrodromous. Inflorescences 1- or 3[–7]-flowered, axillary, solitary flowers or dichasia. Flowers 4- or 5(–7)-merous, pedicellate; hypanthium campanulate; calyx lobes persistent, distinct; petals pink or red [whitish]; stamens ca. 150; ovary [1–]3 [or 4]-locular (false septae causing ovary to appear to have 2 times number of locules in fruit); placenta axile or parietal; ovules 16–20 per locule. Fruits berries, purplish black, subglobose, ellipsoidal, or elongate-cylindrical. Seeds usually 20+, reniform, in compact, stacklike rows, each seed surrounded by false, longitudinal and horizontal septae; seed coat hardened but porous; embryo C-shaped; cotyledons linear, shorter than hypocotyl.
Distribution
Introduced; Florida, s, se Asia (Borneo, Celebes Islands, India, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Moluccas, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Sumatra), Pacific Islands (New Caledonia, Philippines), e Australia.
Discussion
Species ca. 11 (1 in the flora).
Selected References
None.