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|accepted_name=Combretum
|accepted_authority=Loefling
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Iter Hispan.,
|place=308. 1758
|year=1758
|other_info_on_pub=name conserved
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cacoucia
|authority=Aublet
|rank=genus
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|name=Calopyxis
|authority=Tulasne
|rank=genus
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Meiostemon
|authority=Exell & Stace
|rank=genus
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|name=Quisqualis
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
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|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
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties=""><b>Scandentshrubs </b>or lianas [shrubs, occasionally trees], without pneumatophores.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem shape;stem shape;stem variability"><b>Stems </b>elongate, wandlike, equal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="twig pubescence;hair size;hair architecture;hair architecture or function or pubescence">twigs hairy, hairs short-to-elongate, combretaceous [or absent], and short-stalked, glandular [peltate scales].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf duration;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>persistent, opposite or subopposite and decussate [whorled];</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 duration;petiole variability;petiole shape;nectar gland presence">petiole persistent, differentiated [or not] proximally, becoming spinelike in age, nectar glands absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="blade texture;blade architecture;blade architecture;blade architecture">blade papery [to leathery], venation eucamptodromous to brochidodromous, apex acuminate to long-acuminate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="apex shape;apex shape;apex shape">without salt-excreting glands;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="pouch-domatium presence;pouch-domatium presence">pouch-domatia present or absent abaxially in axils of secondary-veins and midvein.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence position"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal or axillary, spikes [racemes or panicles, sometimes nearly capitate];</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 prominence;flower reproduction"><b>Flowers </b>conspicuous, each in axil of a bract, bisexual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="hypanthium shape;hypanthium width;portion fusion;portion some measurement;hair count or density;hair architecture">hypanthium tubular and slightly broadened distally [to trumpet-shaped, narrowly campanulate, or cupshaped], free portion 38–80 mm, from apex of ovary, with sparse, gland-tipped hairs abaxially, [or with peltate scales, and/or simple, nonglandular hairs];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="sepal atypical quantity;sepal quantity;sepal coloration;sepal coloration;sepal shape;sepal pubescence;hair architecture">sepals [4] 5, green or pale green, triangular [ovate, sometimes nearly obsolete], glandular-pubescent [with peltate scales] abaxially, and with simple, nonglandular hairs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="petal presence;petal quantity;petal coloration;petal shape;petal shape;petal shape;petal some measurement">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];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="apex shape;apex shape;apex pubescence">nonglandular-pubescent [glabrous or with peltate scales];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen quantity;stamen position">stamens [4, 8] 10, included [to exserted];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="nectary pubescence">nectary on inner surface of hypanthium near base, glabrous [pubescent];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="ovary shape">ovary ± terete;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="style course;style fusion">style straight, adnate to proximal portion of hypanthial tube [free];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="ovule atypical quantity;ovule quantity">ovules 2–4 [–6].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties="drupe shape;drupe shape;drupe shape;drupe texture;drupe shape;drupe architecture"><b>Drupes </b>terete, ellipsoid or ovoid [oblong], fleshy [dry], ridged or winged;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s22" data-properties="ridge development;wing atypical quantity;wing quantity;wing development">ridges or wings [4] 5, poorly to well developed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s23" data-properties="hypanthium duration;calyx duration">hypanthium and calyx deciduous.</span><!--

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|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>
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-->{{#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=
|genus=Combretum
|apex pubescence=nonglandular-pubescent
|apex shape=rounded;obtuse;acuminate;long-acuminate
|blade architecture=eucamptodromous;brochidodromous
|blade texture=papery
|bracteole presence=absent
|calyx duration=deciduous
|drupe architecture=winged
|drupe shape=ridged;ovoid;ellipsoid;terete
|drupe texture=fleshy
|flower prominence=conspicuous
|flower reproduction=bisexual
|hair architecture=simple;gland-tipped;short-stalked
|hair architecture or function or pubescence=glandular
|hair count or density=sparse
|hair size=short;elongate
|hypanthium duration=deciduous
|hypanthium shape=tubular
|hypanthium width=broadened
|inflorescence position=axillary;terminal
|leaf arrangement=decussate;subopposite;opposite
|leaf duration=persistent
|nectar gland presence=absent
|nectary pubescence=glabrous
|ovary shape=terete
|ovule atypical quantity=4;6
|ovule quantity=2;4
|petal coloration=white becoming pink then red
|petal presence=absent
|petal quantity=5
|petal shape=ovate;slightly obovate
|petal some measurement=9mm;25mm
|petiole duration=persistent
|petiole shape=spinelike
|petiole variability=differentiated
|portion fusion=free
|portion some measurement=38mm;80mm
|pouch-domatium presence=absent;absent
|ridge development=developed
|sepal atypical quantity=4
|sepal coloration=pale green;green
|sepal pubescence=glandular-pubescent
|sepal quantity=5
|sepal shape=triangular
|stamen position=included
|stamen quantity=10;4
|stem shape=wandlike;elongate
|stem variability=equal
|stipule presence=absent
|style course=straight
|style fusion=adnate
|twig pubescence=hairy
|wing atypical quantity=4
|wing development=developed
|wing quantity=5
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