View source for Combretum ← Combretum 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=Combretum |accepted_authority=Loefling |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Iter Hispan., |place=308. 1758 |year=1758 |other_info_on_pub=name conserved }} |basionyms= |synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym |name=Cacoucia |authority=Aublet |rank=genus }} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym |name=Calopyxis |authority=Tulasne |rank=genus }} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym |name=Meiostemon |authority=Exell & Stace |rank=genus }} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym |name=Quisqualis |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus }} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym |name=Thiloa |authority=Eichler |rank=genus }} |hierarchy=Combretaceae;Combretum |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Combretaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Combretum]]</div></div> |etymology=Latin, derived from a name applied by Pliny the Elder to a climbing plant of uncertain identity |volume=Volume 10 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Scandentshrubs </b>or lianas [shrubs, occasionally trees], without pneumatophores. <b>Stems</b> elongate, wandlike, equal; twigs hairy, hairs short to elongate, combretaceous [or absent], and short-stalked, glandular [peltate scales]. <b>Leaves</b> persistent, opposite or subopposite and decussate [whorled]; stipules absent; petiole persistent, differentiated [or not] proximally, becoming spinelike in age, nectar glands absent; blade papery [to leathery], venation eucamptodromous to brochidodromous, apex acuminate to long-acuminate; without salt-excreting glands; pouch-domatia present or absent abaxially in axils of secondary veins and midvein. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal or axillary, spikes [racemes or panicles, sometimes nearly capitate]; bracteoles absent. <b>Flowers</b> conspicuous, each in axil of a bract, bisexual; hypanthium tubular and slightly broadened distally [to trumpet-shaped, narrowly campanulate, or cup-shaped], free portion 38–80 mm, from apex of ovary, with sparse, gland-tipped hairs abaxially, [or with peltate scales, and/or simple, nonglandular hairs]; sepals [4] 5, green or pale green, triangular [ovate, sometimes nearly obsolete], glandular-pubescent [with peltate scales] abaxially, and with simple, nonglandular hairs; petals [0, 4] 5, white becoming pink then red [greenish white, yellow, orange, or purple], ovate to slightly obovate, [sometimes narrowly so, or suborbiculate], 9–25 mm, apex obtuse or rounded [emarginate]; nonglandular-pubescent [glabrous or with peltate scales]; stamens [4, 8] 10, included [to exserted]; nectary on inner surface of hypanthium near base, glabrous [pubescent]; ovary ± terete; style straight, adnate to proximal portion of hypanthial tube [free]; ovules 2–4[–6]. <b>Drupes</b> terete, ellipsoid or ovoid [oblong], fleshy [dry], ridged or winged; ridges or wings [4] 5, poorly to well developed; hypanthium and calyx deciduous.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Florida;South America;Asia;Africa;n Australia;pantropical. |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species ca. 255 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Combretum is naturalized in southern Florida; it is native pantropically but absent in the Pacific Islands.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Combretum |authority=Loefling |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms=Cacoucia;Calopyxis;Meiostemon;Quisqualis;Thiloa |basionyms= |family=Combretaceae |distribution=Florida;South America;Asia;Africa;n Australia;pantropical. |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Iter Hispan., |publication year=1758 |special status= |source xml=https://xjsachs2@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/e39f0e846f172941159b2045254d62d10d9823f6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V10/V10_682.xml |genus=Combretum }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Combretaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Combretaceae (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/Synonym (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Combretum.