View source for Gouania ← Gouania 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=Gouania |accepted_authority=Jacquin |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist., |place=263, plate 179, fig. 40. 1763 |year=1763 }} |common_names=Chewstick;jaboncillo |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Rhamnaceae;Gouania |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rhamnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Gouania]]</div></div> |etymology=For Antoine Gouan, 1733–1821, French botanist and ichthyologist at Montpellier, director of botanical garden in 1767, later professor of botany and medicine |volume=Volume 12 |mention_page=page 44, 110 |treatment_page=page 109 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism texture;whole_organism growth form;tendril presence;tendril architecture"><b>Woody </b>vines [climbing shrubs], tendrils present [rarely absent], unarmed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="bud-scale presence">bud-scales present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf duration;leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>deciduous [persistent], alternate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="">blade not gland-dotted;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade coloration;blade architecture">pinnately veined [3-veined from base].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence position;inflorescence shape;inflorescence shape"><b>Inflorescences:</b> axillary or terminal, racemelike or paniclelike thyrses;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="peduncle texture;pedicel texture">peduncles and pedicels not fleshy in fruit.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="pedicel presence;pedicel presence"><b>Pedicels </b>present or absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower reproduction"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual [unisexual, plants polygamous];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="hypanthium shape;hypanthium width">hypanthium cupulate to campanulate, 1.5–3 mm wide;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="sepal quantity;sepal orientation;sepal coloration;sepal shape;sepal shape">sepals 5, spreading, pale green, ovate-triangular, keeled adaxially;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="petal quantity;petal coloration;petal architecture;petal shape;petal shape">petals 5 [rarely 0], white to yellowish or greenish, hooded, spatulate, clawed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="nectary texture;margin shape;margin fusion">nectary fleshy, margins 5-lobed [unlobed], lining hypanthium but distally free;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens 5, enfolded by petals;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="ovary position;ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary inferior, 3-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="style quantity;style fusion">styles 3, connate basally.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="samara architecture"><b>Fruits </b>schizocarps, breaking into 3 2-winged samaras [rarely nutlets].</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia |discussion=<p>Species 50–70 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Stems of at least some species of Gouania are chewed to clean the teeth and harden the gums, hence the common names.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Gouania |author=Guy L. Nesom |authority=Jacquin |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Rhamnaceae |distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia |reference=None |publication title=Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist., |publication year=1763 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V12/V12_837.xml |genus=Gouania |blade architecture=veined |blade coloration=not gland-dotted |bud-scale presence=absent |flower reproduction=bisexual |hypanthium shape=cupulate;campanulate |hypanthium width=1.5mm;3mm |inflorescence position=terminal;axillary |inflorescence shape=paniclelike;racemelike |leaf arrangement=alternate |leaf duration=deciduous |margin fusion=free |margin shape=5-lobed |nectary texture=fleshy |ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=3-locular |ovary position=inferior |pedicel presence=absent;absent |pedicel texture=not fleshy |peduncle texture=not fleshy |petal architecture=hooded |petal coloration=white;yellowish or greenish |petal quantity=5 |petal shape=clawed;spatulate |samara architecture=3-2-winged |sepal coloration=pale green |sepal orientation=spreading |sepal quantity=5 |sepal shape=keeled;ovate-triangular |stamen quantity=5 |style fusion=connate |style quantity=3 |tendril architecture=unarmed |tendril presence=absent |whole_organism growth form=vine |whole_organism texture=woody }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Rhamnaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Rhamnaceae (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 Gouania.