Planera aquatica
Syst. Nat. 2: 150. 1791.
Leaves: petiole 3-6 mm. Leaf-blade 3-8 × (2-) 2.5 (-4) cm. Flowers: if bisexual, ovary stalked, 1-locular, ovoid, tubercular; styles 2, reflexed. Fruits stalked, compressed, ca. 8 mm, leathery, hirtellous, covered with irregular warty excrescences. Seeds ovoid.
Phenology: Flowering spring (Apr–May).
Habitat: Swamps, streams, lakes, alluvial flood plains, often forming large stands
Elevation: 0-200 m
Distribution
Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex.
Discussion
Planera aquatica is endemic to southeastern United States.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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longitudinal +
pinnate +
acute +
absent +
light-brown;gray +
flaky +
oblique +
oblique;rounded or cuneate +
unarmed +
spreading +
opposite +
erect +
4-5-lobed +
thick-walled +
low +
broad +
fleshy +
absent;scanty +
irregular +
arising +
arising +
absent +
few;2;3 +
stalked +
nutlike +
hirtellous +
compressed +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (?) +
leathery +
Present +
staminate +
fascicles +
axillary +
rhombic-ovate;ovate-oblong +
simple +
serrate +
stalked +
absent +
absent +
2(-3)-carpellate +
Syst. Nat. +
1791 +
fascicles +
irregular +
thickened +
nutlike +
watery +
ovoid +
persistent +
connate +
hypogynous +
4;5 +
decurrent +
falling +
absent +
distinct +
reflexed +
Planera aquatica +
Planera +
species +
glabrate;hirtellous +
deciduous +