familyLardizabalaceae
genusAkebia
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Akebia
Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 1: 195. 1839.
Etymology: Japanese akebi, name for Akebia quinata
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
| Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
|---|---|---|
 | Jeffersonia diphylla Akebia quinata Calycocarpum lyonii | John Myers John Myers John Myers |
Vines, twining. Leaves palmately compound; leaflets 3-5, articulate at base of blade and at base of petiolule. Inflorescences racemose, pistillate flowers proximal to staminate flowers in each raceme. Flowers dimorphic: pistillate flowers larger and longer pediceled than staminate flowers; sepals mostly brownish to purplish. Staminate flowers: pistillodes present. Pistillate flowers: pistils (3-) -8 (-15); placentation laminar; staminodes present. Fruits follicles, fleshy, dehiscent along adaxial suture. Seeds 100-several hundred. x = 16.
Distribution
North America, Asia
Discussion
Species 4 (1 in the flora).
Pistils in Akebia are incompletely closed distally (W. W. Payne and J. L. Seago 1968).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
... more about "Akebia"
1-carpellate +
dehiscing +
extrorse +
absent +
sepaloid +
absent +
straight +
small +
abundant +
dimorphic +
laminar +
proximal +
showy +
unisexual +
fleshy +
dehiscent +
fleshy +
racemose +
axillary +
compound +
compound +
alternate +
articulate +
100;several +
absent +
absent +
8;[3 +
absent +
Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. +
1839 +
stalked +
petaloid +
not spurred +
mostly brownish;purplish +
distinct +
3;6 +
distinct +
absent +
sessile;nearly sessile +
absent +
Akebia +
Lardizabalaceae +
genus +
deciduous;evergreen +
woody +
1;5 +