View source for Jacquinia ← Jacquinia 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=Jacquinia |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Fl. Jamaic., |place=27. 1759 (as Jaquinia), name and orthography conserved , }} |common_names=Cudjoe-wood |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Theophrastaceae;Jacquinia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Theophrastaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Jacquinia]]</div></div> |etymology=For Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin, 1727–1817, Austrian botanist |volume=Volume 8 |mention_page=page 251, 252 |treatment_page=page 253 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form;resin canal presence"><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, resin canals absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>erect, much-branched;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="branch life cycle;branch pubescence;hair architecture;hair architecture">young branches lepidote, hairs irregularly branched, thick-walled.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>alternate, sometimes pseudoverticillate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;base shape;margin architecture or shape;apex shape;apex shape;mucro presence;surface pubescence;surface coloration or relief">blade oblong-obovate to spatulate, base attenuate, margins entire, apex obtuse to rounded or retuse, mucronate or mucro absent, surfaces glabrous, punctate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal [axillary] racemes, 4–30 (–40) -flowered, pedunculate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="pedicel presence;pedicel architecture"><b>Pedicels </b>present, bracteate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="sepal fusion"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla shape;corolla shape;lobe size or length;apex shape">corolla white or cream, darkening to yellow with age, salverform or short-campanulate, lobes shorter to longer than tube, apex rounded to acute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="">stamens borne at base of corolla-tube;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="filament fusion">filaments distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="anther arrangement;anther orientation">anthers at first aggregated around stigma and style, later spreading;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="staminode architecture">staminodes borne at apex of corolla-tube, petaloid;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="stigma architecture or shape;stigma shape">stigma capitate, lobed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="berry coloration;berry coloration;berry shape;berry shape;apex architecture or shape"><b>Berries </b>orange-red or red, ovoid or globose, apex apiculate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>2–8, brown or light-brown, oblong to elliptic, subglobose, alveolate, completely covered by placental tissue.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="seed quantity;seed coloration;seed coloration;seed shape;seed shape;seed relief;x chromosome quantity">x = 18.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America |discussion=<p>Species 13 (2 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Bonellia, with a total of 22 species, was until recently included in Jacquinia. We follow B. Ståhl and M. Källersjö (2004) in treating them separately here.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaves alternate or indistinctly pseudoverticillate, blade 1-4.5 × 0.5-2.5 cm, petiole puberulous-lepidote. |[[Jacquinia keyensis|Jacquinia keyensis]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaves usually distinctly pseudoverticillate, blade 3-8(-12) × 1.5-5 cm, petiole glabrous or sparsely puberulous. |[[Jacquinia arborea|Jacquinia arborea]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Jacquinia |author=R. David Whetstone;Richard P. Wunderlin |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Theophrastaceae |illustrator=Barbara Alongi |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association |distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America |reference=None |publication title=Fl. Jamaic., |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V8/V8_520.xml |genus=Jacquinia |anther arrangement=aggregated |anther orientation=spreading |apex architecture or shape=apiculate |apex shape=rounded;acute |base shape=attenuate |berry coloration=red;orange-red |berry shape=globose;ovoid |blade shape=oblong-obovate;spatulate |branch life cycle=young |branch pubescence=lepidote |corolla coloration=cream darkening;yellow |corolla shape=short-campanulate;salverform |filament fusion=distinct |hair architecture=thick-walled;branched |inflorescence architecture=pedunculate;4-30(-40)-flowered |leaf arrangement=pseudoverticillate;alternate |lobe size or length=shorter to longer |margin architecture or shape=entire |mucro presence=absent |pedicel architecture=bracteate |pedicel presence=absent |resin canal presence=absent |seed coloration=light-brown;brown |seed quantity=2;8 |seed relief=alveolate |seed shape=subglobose;oblong;elliptic |sepal fusion=distinct |staminode architecture=petaloid |stem architecture=much-branched |stem orientation=erect |stigma architecture or shape=capitate |stigma shape=lobed |surface coloration or relief=punctate |surface pubescence=glabrous |whole_organism growth form=tree;shrub |x chromosome quantity=18 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Theophrastaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Theophrastaceae (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 Jacquinia.