Planera aquatica

J. F. Gmelin

Syst. Nat. 2: 150. 1791.

Common names: Water-elm planer tree
EndemicIllustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

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

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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.
... more about "Planera aquatica"
longitudinal +
William T. Barker +
J. F. Gmelin +
light-brown;gray +
smooth +  and deeply fissured +
oblique;rounded or cuneate +
4-5-lobed +
thick-walled +
Water-elm +  and planer tree +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ky. +, La. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.C. +, Okla. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +  and Tex. +
0-200 m +
curved +  and straight +
absent;scanty +
sigmoid +  and curved +
distinct +  and free +
pistillate +, staminate +  and pedicellate +
bisexual +  and unisexual +
compressed +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (?) +
Swamps, streams, lakes, alluvial flood plains, often forming large stands +
pinnate +  and palmate-pinnate +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
rhombic-ovate;ovate-oblong +
distichous +  and alternate +
toothed +, crenate +  and serrate +
tubercular +  and ovoid +
amphitropous +, anatropous +  and pendulous +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Flowering spring (Apr–May). +
2(-3)-carpellate +
valvate +  and imbricate +
persistent +
Endemic +  and Illustrated +
hypogynous +
distinct +
Planera aquatica +
species +
glabrate;hirtellous +
brittle +  and weak +