View source for Leitneria ← Leitneria 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=Leitneria |accepted_authority=Chapman |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Fl. South. U.S., |place=427. 1860 |year=1860 }} |common_names=Corkwood |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Leitneriaceae;Leitneria |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Leitneriaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Leitneria]]</div></div> |etymology=named for Dr. Edward Frederick Leitner, 1812-1838, German physician, naturalist, and explorer of southern Florida |volume=Volume 3 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 415 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form;whole_organism size;whole_organism growth form;thicket density"><b>Shrubs </b>or small trees, forming dense thickets.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement or growth form"><b>Leaves </b>5-ranked, clustered toward branch tips;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="bundle-scar quantity">leaf-scars with 3 bundle-scars.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="margin architecture or shape"><b>Leaf-</b>blade: margins entire;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="surface pubescence;surface pubescence">surfaces densely pubescent, becoming ± glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties=""><b>Inflorescences </b>in flower before leaves appear, in axils of previous years leaves;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="basal and apical bract reproduction">basal and apical bracts often sterile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="catkin architecture;catkin architecture;bract quantity;bracteole presence">staminate catkins compound, bracts 40-50, bracteoles absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="catkin architecture;catkin architecture;catkin shape;bract quantity;bract position;bract quantity;bracteole size">pistillate catkins simple, spikelike, bracts 10-15, each subtending 2 small bracteoles.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties=""><b>Flowers </b>subtended by bracts;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="bract arrangement;bract shape;apex shape;surface pubescence">bracts spirally arranged, deltate-ovate, apex acute, surface silky-pubescent abaxially.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower architecture;cymule architecture;cymule architecture"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: cymules 3-flowered, sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="flower architecture;stamen arrangement or growth form">stamens clustered;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="flower architecture;pistil presence">pistils absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="flower architecture;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers solitary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="perianth presence">perianth present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="sepal size;sepal shape">sepals small, scalelike;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="staminode presence">staminodes absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="ovary architecture;style arrangement or course or shape;stigma duration;stigma shape;stigma architecture">ovary sessile, style linear, stigma deciduous, decurrent, abaxially grooved, groove facing bract.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="bract duration;bracteole duration;sepal duration"><b>Drupes </b>subtended by persistent bracts, bracteoles, and sepals.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="x chromosome quantity">x = 16.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |discussion=<p>Bisexual cymules and 2-locular ovaries may occur sporadically; they merit investigation (R. K. Godfrey and A. F. Clewell 1965).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Leitneria |authority=Chapman |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Leitneriaceae |reference=None |publication title=Fl. South. U.S., |publication year=1860 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V3/V3_703.xml |genus=Leitneria |apex shape=acute |basal and apical bract reproduction=sterile |bract arrangement=arranged |bract duration=persistent |bract position=subtending |bract quantity=2;10;15 |bract shape=deltate-ovate |bracteole duration=persistent |bracteole presence=absent |bracteole size=small |bundle-scar quantity=3 |catkin architecture=simple;pistillate;compound;staminate |catkin shape=spikelike |cymule architecture=sessile;3-flowered |flower architecture=pistillate;staminate;staminate;staminate |flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |leaf arrangement=5-ranked |leaf arrangement or growth form=clustered |margin architecture or shape=entire |ovary architecture=sessile |perianth presence=absent |pistil presence=absent |sepal duration=persistent |sepal shape=scale-like |sepal size=small |stamen arrangement or growth form=clustered |staminode presence=absent |stigma architecture=grooved |stigma duration=deciduous |stigma shape=decurrent |style arrangement or course or shape=linear |surface pubescence=silky-pubescent;glabrous;pubescent |thicket density=dense |whole_organism growth form=tree;shrub |whole_organism size=small |x chromosome quantity=16 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Leitneriaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Leitneriaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Leitneria.