View source for Suriana ← Suriana 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=Suriana |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 284. 1753 |year=1753 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Surianaceae;Suriana |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Surianaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Suriana]]</div></div> |etymology=For Joseph Donat Surian, d. 1691, French physician who collected plants in the West Indies |volume=Volume 10 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> sometimes trees;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem life cycle;calyx pubescence;herbage architecture or function or pubescence">young stems, leaf surfaces, pedicels, and calyces densely puberulent, some hairs on herbage glandular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem life cycle;bark relief">older stems with exfoliating bark.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>mostly crowded toward ends of twigs (older ones soon falling);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;base shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape">blade narrowly oblanceolate, base tapering, apex obtuse to acute.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties=""><b>Inflorescences </b>usually scarcely exserted beyond leaves.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="sepal duration;sepal shape;apex shape"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals persistent, narrowly ovate, apex short-acuminate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="petal life cycle;petal architecture or shape;base duration;base orientation;base coloration;base shape;base shape;base shape;apex duration;apex orientation;apex coloration;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape">petals mostly fallen by midday, spreading, yellow, elliptic-obovate, base tapering to claw, apex rounded, erose-dentate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="outer whorl reproduction;filament pubescence;inner whorl reproduction;inner whorl quantity;inner whorl reproduction;inner whorl pubescence">stamens: outer whorl fertile, filaments proximally pilose, inner whorl sterile, less than 1/2 as long as fertile, pilose throughout;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="anther prominence;anther quantity">anthers rudimentary or none;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="pistil architecture;pistil pubescence">pistils short-stipitate, pilose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="style size;style pubescence;style length or size">style slender, glabrous, much longer than ovaries.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="fruit coloration;fruit shape;fruit condition or texture;fruit architecture"><b>Fruits </b>brown, round, becoming dry, achenelike.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Florida;Mexico;West Indies;Bermuda;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Suriana |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Surianaceae |distribution=Florida;Mexico;West Indies;Bermuda;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl. |publication year=1753 |special status= |source xml= |genus=Suriana |anther prominence=rudimentary |anther quantity=none |apex coloration=yellow |apex duration=midday |apex orientation=spreading |apex shape=rounded;tapering;elliptic-obovate;short-acuminate;obtuse;acute |bark relief=exfoliating |base coloration=yellow |base duration=midday |base orientation=spreading |base shape=rounded;tapering;elliptic-obovate;tapering |blade shape=oblanceolate |calyx pubescence=puberulent |filament pubescence=pilose |fruit architecture=achenelike |fruit coloration=brown |fruit condition or texture=dry |fruit shape=round |herbage architecture or function or pubescence=glandular |inner whorl pubescence=pilose |inner whorl quantity=0;1/2 |inner whorl reproduction=fertile;sterile |leaf arrangement=crowded |outer whorl reproduction=fertile |petal architecture or shape=erose-dentate |petal life cycle=fallen |pistil architecture=short-stipitate |pistil pubescence=pilose |sepal duration=persistent |sepal shape=ovate |stem life cycle=older;young |style length or size=much longer |style pubescence=glabrous |style size=slender }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Surianaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Surianaceae (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 Suriana.