View source for Xylosma ← Xylosma 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=Xylosma |accepted_authority=G. Forster |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Fl. Ins. Austr., |place=72. 1786 |year=1786 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Salicaceae;Xylosma |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Salicaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Xylosma]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek xylon, wood, and osme, odor, alluding to fragrant wood of some Pacific species |volume=Volume 7 |mention_page=page 5, 8, 164 |treatment_page=page 163 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>[trees], often ± heterophyllous, not clonal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form">branching sympodial.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem architecture or shape;stem architecture;spine architecture;spine architecture"><b>Stems </b>usually spinose, sometimes unarmed, spines simple and/or compound.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf duration;leaf duration"><b>Leaves </b>usually persistent, sometimes ± deciduous (sometimes congested at apices of relatively short lateral branches);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="stipule presence">stipules absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="petiole architecture or function or pubescence">petiole not glandular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence architecture or arrangement;inflorescence quantity;inflorescence quantity"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary, fasciculate [racemose], 1 or 2 per axil.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="pedicel architecture"><b>Pedicels </b>articulate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="sepal quantity"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals 4–6 (± persistent, connate proximally, imbricate);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="disc shape">disc lobed (lobes extrastaminal, ± confluent [distinct]);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stamen atypical quantity;stamen atypical quantity;stamen quantity">stamens [8–] 16–24 [–50+] (usually exserted);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="filament fusion">filaments distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="ovary architecture;ovary architecture">ovary 2-carpellate or 3-carpellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="style prominence">style indistinct [relatively short];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="stigma quantity;stigma quantity;stigma size;stigma shape;stigma shape">stigmas 2 or 3, expanded, obcompressed, ± lobed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="fruit architecture"><b>Fruits </b>baccate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties=""><b>Seeds:</b> aril absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="aril presence;x chromosome quantity">x = 10.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;se Asia;Pacific Islands |discussion=<p>Species 80–90 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>The infrageneric taxonomy of New-World Xylosma is confused and perplexing. Relatively few characters vary significantly and they seem to do so independently, in a complex pattern of intergrading morphologies. Of species that have been recognized, relatively few are unequivocally distinct.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=kiger2001a |text=Kiger, R. W. 2001. Xylosma. In: R. McVaugh and W. R. Anderson, eds. 1974+. Flora Novo-Galiciana: A Descriptive Account of the Vascular Plants of Western Mexico. 8+ vols. Ann Arbor. Vol. 3, pp. 328–334. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=sleumer1980a |text=Sleumer, H. 1980b. Xylosma. In: Organization for Flora Neotropica. 1968+. Flora Neotropica. 98+ nos. New York. No. 22, pp. 128–182. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Xylosma |author=Robert W. Kiger |authority=G. Forster |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Salicaceae |distribution=Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;se Asia;Pacific Islands |reference=kiger2001a;sleumer1980a |publication title=Fl. Ins. Austr., |publication year=1786 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V7/V7_195.xml |genus=Xylosma |aril presence=absent |disc shape=lobed |filament fusion=distinct |fruit architecture=baccate |inflorescence architecture or arrangement=fasciculate |inflorescence position=axillary |inflorescence quantity=2;1 |leaf duration=deciduous;persistent |ovary architecture=3-carpellate;2-carpellate |pedicel architecture=articulate |petiole architecture or function or pubescence=not glandular |sepal quantity=4;6 |spine architecture=compound;simple |stamen atypical quantity=24;50 |stamen quantity=16;24 |stem architecture=unarmed |stem architecture or shape=spinose |stigma quantity=3;2 |stigma shape=lobed;obcompressed |stigma size=expanded |stipule presence=absent |style prominence=indistinct |whole_organism architecture=sympodial;branching;heterophyllous |whole_organism growth form=shrub;not clonal |x chromosome quantity=10 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Salicaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Salicaceae (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) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Xylosma.