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You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Picramnia |accepted_authority=Swartz |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Prodr., |place=2, 27. 1788 |year=1788 }} |common_names=Bitter bush |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Picramniaceae;Picramnia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Picramniaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Picramnia]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek picro, bitter |volume=Volume 9 |mention_page=page 3, 5 |treatment_page=page 4 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism atypical some measurement;whole_organism atypical some measurement;whole_organism some measurement;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism atypical some measurement;whole_organism atypical some measurement;whole_organism some measurement;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form"><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, rarely subshrubs, (2–) 15–80 (–220) dm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>imparipinnate [paripinnate (with 1 of distal pair of leaflets oriented terminally)];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaflet atypical quantity;leaflet atypical quantity;leaflet quantity;leaflet arrangement;leaflet arrangement;leaflet shape;leaflet length;leaflet width;base orientation or shape;terminal symmetric architecture or shape">leaflets [1–] 5–11 [–33], alternate or subopposite, ovate to elliptic, 14–300 × 8–160 mm, base of terminal usually symmetric, of lateral ones usually oblique.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence position;inflorescence architecture;thyrse architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal or axillary, rarely cauliflorous, [racemes or simple] compound thyrses.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="sepal quantity"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals 5;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="petal quantity">petals 5;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower architecture;connective size;theca arrangement">staminate flowers: anthers usually with enlarged connective, thecae parallel;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower architecture;pistil size;pistillodium shape;pistillodium shape">pistils reduced to cylindric or lobed pistillodia or tufts of hairs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower architecture;stamen size;stamen presence">pistillate flowers: stamens reduced to staminodia or 0;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower architecture;pistil architecture;pistil architecture;carpel reproduction">pistils 2-carpellate or 3-carpellate, all carpels potentially fertile.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties=""><b>Fruits </b>berries;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="sepal duration">sepals persistent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="seed quantity"><b>Seeds </b>1–3.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America |discussion=<p>Species 43 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Picramnia is a neotropical genus, extending from Florida (Miami-Dade County) and Mexico to subtropical South America (northern Argentina and southern Brazil); members of the genus are found primarily in moist and semideciduous forests.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Picramnia |authority=Swartz |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Picramniaceae |distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America |reference=None |publication title=Prodr., |publication year=1788 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V9/V9_5.xml |genus=Picramnia |base orientation or shape=oblique |carpel reproduction=fertile |connective size=enlarged |flower architecture=pistillate;pistillate;staminate;staminate |inflorescence architecture=cauliflorous |inflorescence position=axillary;terminal |leaf architecture=imparipinnate |leaflet arrangement=subopposite;alternate |leaflet atypical quantity=11;33 |leaflet length=14mm;300mm |leaflet quantity=5;11 |leaflet shape=ovate;elliptic |leaflet width=8mm;160mm |petal quantity=5 |pistil architecture=3-carpellate;2-carpellate |pistil size=reduced |pistillodium shape=lobed;cylindric |seed quantity=1;3 |sepal duration=persistent |sepal quantity=5 |stamen presence=absent |stamen size=reduced |terminal symmetric architecture or shape=symmetric |theca arrangement=parallel |thyrse architecture=compound |whole_organism atypical some measurement=80dm;220dm |whole_organism growth form=subshrub;tree;shrub |whole_organism some measurement=15dm;80dm }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Picramniaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Picramniaceae (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 Picramnia.