View source for Pieris ← Pieris 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=Pieris |accepted_authority=D. Don |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Edinburgh New Philos. J. |place=17: 159. 1834 , }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae;Pieris |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pieris]]</div></div> |etymology=Latin name for one of the Muses |volume=Volume 8 |mention_page=page 372, 376, 496 |treatment_page=page 497 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form"><b>Shrubs </b>[trees] or vines.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation"><b>Stems </b>± erect;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="twig architecture;twig pubescence;twig pubescence;twig pubescence">twigs multicellular stipitate-glandular-hairy and, sometimes, conspicuously strigose (hairs elongate, stiff, long-celled, eglandular), otherwise sparsely to densely unicellular-hairy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf duration;leaf duration;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>persistent or deciduous, alternate, sometimes pseudoverticillate [in whorls of 3];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade texture;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape">blade ovate, elliptic, or slightly obovate, coriaceous, margins obscurely to clearly toothed or serrulate [entire], plane or revolute, surfaces multicellular, short-stalked stipitate-glandular-hairy (along with, in P. floribunda, stout, elongate hairs associated with marginal teeth, and unicellular-hairy on midvein adaxially);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="surface architecture;surface architecture;surface pubescence;surface architecture">venation brochidodromous to reticulodromous (veins of varied thickness and conspicuousness).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary or terminal panicles or racemes, 15–35-flowered, (borne the year preceding flowering).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="bracteole quantity;bracteole position;bracteole position"><b>Pedicels:</b> bracteoles 2, proximal or distal.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="sepal quantity;sepal fusion;sepal shape"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals 5, slightly connate, ovate [oblong-lanceolate];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="petal quantity;petal fusion;petal coloration;corolla shape;lobe height or length or size">petals 5, connate for nearly their entire lengths, white, corolla urceolate to cylindric-urceolate, lobes short;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen position">stamens 10, included;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="filament course;filament shape;filament pubescence;filament pubescence;spur quantity;spur fragility or size;spur relief">filaments straight or geniculate, glabrous or hairy, with 2 stout, minutely papillose spurs at anther-filament junction;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="anther dehiscence;pore arrangement or shape">anthers without awns, dehiscent by elliptic pores;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="pistil architecture">pistil 5-carpellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary 5-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="stigma architecture or shape">stigma capitate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit shape;fruit condition or texture"><b>Fruits </b>capsular, subglobose or globose to ovoid, (with unthickened sutures), dry.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="seed quantity;seed shape;seed shape;seed shape;seed shape;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>40–100, ellipsoidal to obovoid, ± rectangular or angular-ovoid, or narrowly conic, flattened or not, (sometimes slightly winged);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="">testa cells elongate or isodiametric.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="testa cell shape;testa cell shape;x chromosome quantity">x = 12.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=se United States;West Indies (Cuba);e Asia |discussion=<p>Ampelothamnus Small; Arcterica Coville; Portuna Nuttall</p><!-- --><p>Species 7 (2 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Inflorescences axillary racemes; capsules with placentae central to nearly basal; styles strongly sunken into ovary apex; seeds with isodiametric testa cells; filaments geniculate, glabrous; twigs multicellular stipitate-glandular-hairy. |[[Pieris phillyreifolia|Pieris phillyreifolia]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Inflorescences terminal panicles; capsules with placentae subapical; styles slightly sunken into ovary apex; seeds with elongated testa cells; filaments straight, hairy; twigs multicellular stipitate-glandular-hairy and conspicuously strigose (hairs stout, elongate). |[[Pieris floribunda|Pieris floribunda]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Pieris |author=Walter S. Judd |authority=D. Don |rank=genus |parent rank=subfamily |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Ericaceae |distribution=se United States;West Indies (Cuba);e Asia |reference=None |publication title=Edinburgh New Philos. J. |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V8/V8_971.xml |subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae |genus=Pieris |anther dehiscence=dehiscent |blade shape=obovate;elliptic;obovate;elliptic;ovate |blade texture=coriaceous |bracteole position=distal;proximal |bracteole quantity=2 |corolla shape=urceolate;cylindric-urceolate |filament course=straight |filament pubescence=hairy;glabrous |filament shape=geniculate |fruit architecture=capsular |fruit condition or texture=dry |fruit shape=globose;ovoid |inflorescence architecture=15-35-flowered |leaf arrangement=pseudoverticillate;alternate |leaf duration=deciduous;persistent |lobe height or length or size=short |margin shape=revolute;plane;serrulate;toothed;revolute;plane;serrulate;toothed |ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=5-locular |petal coloration=white |petal fusion=connate |petal quantity=5 |pistil architecture=5-carpellate |pore arrangement or shape=elliptic |seed quantity=40;100 |seed shape=not;flattened;ellipsoidal;obovoid more or less rectangular or angular-ovoid or narrowly conic |sepal fusion=connate |sepal quantity=5 |sepal shape=ovate |spur fragility or size=stout |spur quantity=2 |spur relief=papillose |stamen position=included |stamen quantity=10 |stem orientation=erect |stigma architecture or shape=capitate |surface architecture=brochidodromous;reticulodromous |surface pubescence=stipitate-glandular-hairy |testa cell shape=isodiametric;elongate |twig architecture=multicellular |twig pubescence=unicellular-hairy;strigose;stipitate-glandular-hairy |whole_organism growth form=vine;shrub |x chromosome quantity=12 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Ericaceae subfam. 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