View source for Symplocos ← Symplocos 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=Symplocos |accepted_authority=Jacquin |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Enum. Syst. Pl., |place=5, 24. 1760 , }} |common_names=Sweetleaf |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Symplocaceae;Symplocos |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Symplocaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Symplocos]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek symplokos, connected, twisted, entwined, evidently alluding to connation of stamens and their adnation to petals in type species, S. martinicensis Jacquin |volume=Volume 8 |mention_page=page 331 |treatment_page=page 330 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form"><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, glabrous or hairy (hairs simple, 1-celled, with transverse septa);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="growth life cycle;growth reproduction">new vegetative growth from axillary and/or pseudoterminal buds.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="branch architecture or pubescence or relief;branch pubescence;branch coloration;branch pubescence"><b>Branches </b>smooth at maturity, glabrous or white or rufous-pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf taste"><b>Leaves </b>often sweet-tasting;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="marginal tooth architecture or function or pubescence;apex shape;midvein prominence;midvein prominence;midvein prominence;midvein prominence;midvein prominence;midvein prominence">blade with marginal teeth usually glandular, apex acute to acuminate, midvein abaxially prominent, adaxially raised, prominent, or impressed [rarely flat].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower odor"><b>Flowers </b>fragrant;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="sepal arrangement">sepals imbricate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="petal arrangement;petal coloration;petal coloration">petals imbricate, white or yellow [pink, reddish, or lavender];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="filament pubescence">filaments glabrous [hairy];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="anther shape">anthers rotund-ovate to spheric.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="drupe coloration;drupe coloration;drupe architecture;calyx duration"><b>Drupes </b>usually blue, sometimes orange to brown [white], crowned by persistent calyx;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="">endocarp 1 [–5] -celled.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="endocarp architecture;x chromosome quantity">x = 11.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=e;s United States;West Indies (Antilles);South America (Argentina);South America (Brazil);Asia (China);Asia (India);Asia (Japan);Pacific Islands (Fiji);Australia;temperate;tropical;and subtropical areas |discussion=<p>Species 318 (2 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>1 Leaf midveins impressed adaxially, blade margins closely serrate, serrulate, or dentate; inflorescences paniculate, usually internodal; flowers appearing with leaves; corolla lobes</p><!-- --><p>2.5–5 mm; styles 2–4 mm; drupes bright blue to bluish black 1. Symplocos paniculata</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf midveins impressed adaxially, blade margins closely serrate, serrulate, or dentate; inflorescences paniculate, usually internodal; flowers appearing with leaves; corolla lobes 2.5-5 mm; styles 2-4 mm; drupes bright blue to bluish black. |[[Symplocos paniculata|Symplocos paniculata]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf midveins raised to prominent adaxially, blade margins usually obscurely crenulate-serrulate, teeth remote, sometimes nearly entire; inflorescences fasciculate, axillary; flowers appearing before leaves; corolla lobes 6-8 mm; styles 5-6 mm; drupes dark orange to brown. |[[Symplocos tinctoria|Symplocos tinctoria]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Symplocos |authority=Jacquin |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Symplocaceae |distribution=e;s United States;West Indies (Antilles);South America (Argentina);South America (Brazil);Asia (China);Asia (India);Asia (Japan);Pacific Islands (Fiji);Australia;temperate;tropical;and subtropical areas |reference=None |publication title=Enum. Syst. Pl., |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V8/V8_653.xml |genus=Symplocos |anther shape=rotund-ovate;spheric |apex shape=acute;acuminate |branch architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth |branch coloration=white |branch pubescence=rufous-pubescent;glabrous |calyx duration=persistent |drupe architecture=crowned |drupe coloration=orange;brown |endocarp architecture=1[-5]-celled |filament pubescence=glabrous |flower odor=fragrant |growth life cycle=new |growth reproduction=vegetative |leaf taste=sweet-tasting |marginal tooth architecture or function or pubescence=glandular |midvein prominence=impressed;prominent;impressed;prominent;raised;prominent |petal arrangement=imbricate |petal coloration=yellow;white |sepal arrangement=imbricate |whole_organism growth form=tree;shrub |whole_organism pubescence=hairy;glabrous;hairy;glabrous |x chromosome quantity=11 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Symplocaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Symplocaceae (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 Symplocos.