View source for Bontia ← Bontia 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=Bontia |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=2: 638 [as 938]. 1753 |year=1753 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Scrophulariaceae;Bontia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Scrophulariaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Bontia]]</div></div> |etymology=For Jacobus Bontius, 1592–1631, Dutch physician and botanist in Java |volume=Volume 17 |mention_page=page 324, 325 |treatment_page=page 337 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form;resin cavity shape"><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, all parts bearing spherical resin cavities;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stolon presence">stolons absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem orientation;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>ascending, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf duration;cauline leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>persistent, cauline, alternate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="stipule presence">stipules absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="petiole presence">petiole present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="blade texture;blade texture;margin architecture or shape">blade not fleshy, leathery, margins entire (except in seedling leaves, which distally serrate).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence architecture;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary, 2-flowered or flowers solitary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="bract presence">bracts absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="pedicel presence"><b>Pedicels </b>present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="bracteole presence">bracteoles absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower reproduction"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="sepal quantity;calyx architecture or shape;lobe shape">sepals 5, calyx radially symmetric, funnelform, lobes broadly ovate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="petal quantity;corolla coloration;corolla architecture or shape;corolla shape;abaxial lobe quantity;abaxial lobe orientation;crest prominence;crest dehiscence or orientation;hair coloration;adaxial lobe quantity">petals 5, corolla buff or coppery brown to greenish tan, bilaterally symmetric, tubular, abaxial lobes 3, strongly recurved and bearing a conspicuous longitudinal crest of violet hairs, adaxial 2;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen fusion;stamen architecture;filament pubescence;staminode presence">stamens 4, adnate to corolla, didynamous, filaments sparsely hairy, staminode 0;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form;ovary placentation">ovary 2-locular, placentation axile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="stigma shape">stigma minutely 2-fid.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="fruit shape;fruit texture;fruit dehiscence;capsule shape"><b>Fruits </b>drupelike capsules, ovoid, fleshy, indehiscent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="seed quantity;seed coloration;seed shape;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>1–4, brown, L-shaped and terete, wings absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="wing presence;x chromosome quantity">x = 18.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Fla.;West Indies;South America |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p><!-- --><p>Bontia is monospecific and the only genus of Myoporeae (the former Myoporaceae) native to the Americas. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that it was derived from within the Australian genus Eremophila R. Brown and achieved its current distribution via long-distance dispersal (S. A. Kelchner et al. 2001).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Bontia |author=Scott Zona |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Scrophulariaceae |illustrator=Barbara Alongi |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association |distribution=Fla.;West Indies;South America |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl. |publication year=1753 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V17/V17_31.xml |genus=Bontia |abaxial lobe orientation=recurved |abaxial lobe quantity=3 |adaxial lobe quantity=2 |blade texture=leathery;not fleshy |bract presence=absent |bracteole presence=absent |calyx architecture or shape=symmetric |capsule shape=drupe-like |cauline leaf arrangement=alternate |corolla architecture or shape=symmetric |corolla coloration=coppery brown;greenish tan |corolla shape=tubular |crest dehiscence or orientation=longitudinal |crest prominence=conspicuous |filament pubescence=hairy |flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |flower reproduction=bisexual |fruit dehiscence=indehiscent |fruit shape=ovoid |fruit texture=fleshy |hair coloration=violet |inflorescence architecture=2-flowered |inflorescence position=axillary |leaf duration=persistent |lobe shape=ovate |margin architecture or shape=entire |ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=2-locular |ovary placentation=axile |pedicel presence=absent |petal quantity=5 |petiole presence=absent |resin cavity shape=spherical |seed coloration=brown |seed quantity=1;4 |seed shape=terete;l--shaped |sepal quantity=5 |stamen architecture=didynamous |stamen fusion=adnate |stamen quantity=4 |staminode presence=absent |stem orientation=ascending |stem pubescence=glabrous |stigma shape=2-fid |stipule presence=absent |stolon presence=absent |whole_organism growth form=tree;shrub |wing presence=absent |x chromosome quantity=18 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Scrophulariaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Scrophulariaceae (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/Publication (view source) Return to Bontia.