View source for Myrsine ← Myrsine 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=Myrsine |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 196. 1753 |year=1753 }}, {{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. ed. |place=5, 90. 1754 , }} |common_names=Colicwood |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Myrsinaceae;Myrsine |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Myrsinaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Myrsine]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek name for a kind of myrtle |volume=Volume 8 |mention_page=page 302, 303 |treatment_page=page 321 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism texture;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism texture;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form"><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, monoecious or dioecious [polygamous], not succulent, [densely pubescent] glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf duration;leaf arrangement;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>persistent, alternate, monomorphic;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="petiole presence">petiole present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;base shape;margin architecture or shape;margin shape or vernation;apex shape;apex architecture or shape;surface pubescence">blade elliptic, oblong, obovate, or oblanceolate, base attenuate to rounded, margins entire, revolute, apex acute to rounded, often emarginate, surfaces glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence arrangement;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence height or length or size"><b>Inflorescences </b>lateral (axillary) fascicles [umbels], sessile or subsessile, shorter than petiole;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="peduncle size">peduncle accrescent, forming short-shoot;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="bract duration">bracts persistent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="pedicel presence"><b>Pedicels </b>present [absent].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower reproduction"><b>Flowers </b>[bisexual] unisexual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="sepal quantity;sepal coloration;calyx lobe shape;tube variability">sepals 4–6, green, calyx lobes triangular to ovate, ± equaling tube;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="petal atypical quantity;petal atypical quantity;petal quantity;corolla coloration;corolla shape;lobe length or size;apex shape">petals [4–] 5 [–6], corolla green to white or pink, cupuliform to campanulate, lobes longer than tube, apex acute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens 4–6;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="filament fusion;filament fusion">filaments distinct or connate basally (forming tube);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="staminode presence">staminodes present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="stigma shape;stigma shape">stigmas conic, 3–5-lobed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit coloration;fruit shape"><b>Fruits </b>drupaceous, green to black, globose [subglobose, ellipsoid, ovoid, obovoid, or subovoid];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="exocarp texture">exocarp somewhat fleshy;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="endocarp texture;endocarp texture">endocarp crusty or leathery.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="seed quantity;seed coloration;seed shape;seed shape;remnant texture;placenta texture"><b>Seeds </b>1, white to black, globose or depressed, usually covered with membranous remnants of placenta.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Fla.;pantropical |discussion=<p>Rapanea Aublet</p><!-- --><p>Species ca. 300 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>J. J. Pipoly (1991, 1992, 1992b, 1996, 2007) and J. M. Ricketson and Pipoly (1997, 1999) have discussed the circumscription of Myrsine to include Rapanea, among others. Field work has shown that the dioecious plants often have bisexual flowers.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Myrsine |author=John J. Pipoly III;Jon M. Ricketson |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Myrsinaceae |illustrator=Barbara Alongi |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association |distribution=Fla.;pantropical |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=1753; |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V8/V8_642.xml |genus=Myrsine |apex architecture or shape=emarginate |apex shape=acute;acute;rounded |base shape=attenuate;rounded |blade shape=oblanceolate;obovate;oblanceolate;obovate;oblong;elliptic |bract duration=persistent |calyx lobe shape=triangular;ovate |corolla coloration=green;white or pink |corolla shape=cupuliform;campanulate |endocarp texture=leathery;crusty |exocarp texture=fleshy |filament fusion=connate;distinct |flower reproduction=unisexual |fruit architecture=drupaceous |fruit coloration=green;black |fruit shape=globose |inflorescence architecture=subsessile;sessile |inflorescence arrangement=fascicles |inflorescence height or length or size=shorter |inflorescence position=lateral |leaf architecture=monomorphic |leaf arrangement=alternate |leaf duration=persistent |lobe length or size=longer |margin architecture or shape=entire |margin shape or vernation=revolute |pedicel presence=absent |peduncle size=accrescent |petal atypical quantity=5;6 |petal quantity=5 |petiole presence=absent |placenta texture=membranous |remnant texture=membranous |seed coloration=white;black |seed quantity=1 |seed shape=depressed;globose |sepal coloration=green |sepal quantity=4;6 |stamen quantity=4;6 |staminode presence=absent |stigma shape=3-5-lobed;conic |surface pubescence=glabrous |tube variability=equaling |whole_organism growth form=tree;shrub |whole_organism pubescence=glabrous;glabrous |whole_organism reproduction=dioecious;monoecious;dioecious;monoecious |whole_organism texture=not succulent;not succulent }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Myrsinaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Myrsinaceae (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 Myrsine.