Loganiaceae

Main Authors: Julius, Avelinah, Kamin, Imin, Kiew, Ruth, Utteridge, Timothy M. A.
Format: info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal
Terbitan: , 2013
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5085631
Daftar Isi:
  • Key to Loganiaceae genera in Peninsular Malaysia 1. Annual or perennial herbs............................................................................................................................................. 2 - Trees, shrubs or lianas................................................................................................................................................... 4 2. Flowers 4-merous, solitary or inflorescences few-flowered, branches up to 25 cm long; leaves usually with a single vein or 1−3-veined................................................................................................ Mitrasacme Labillardière (1805: 35) - Flowers 5-merous, inflorescences many-flowered, pedunculate, branched or unbranched to 15 cm long; leaves pinnately veined............................................................................................................................................................ 3 3. Inflorescences branched, not subtended by a pseudowhorl of leaves, leaves petiolate; corolla 2−3 mm long, ovary semi-inferior...................................................................................................................................................... Mitreola - Inflorescences unbranched, subtended by a pseudowhorl of four subsessile leaves; corolla 6−7 mm long, ovary superior.............................................................................................................................................................. Spigelia 4. Leaves 3−5(−7)-pliveined (with one or a few pairs of strongly developed basal nerves in addition to the midrib); axillary tendrils and/or axillary thorns often present................................................... Strychnos Linnaeus (1753: 189) - Leaves pinnately veined; tendrils and thorns absent.................................................................................................... 5 5. Inflorescences terminal, sometimes also axillary in axils of upper pair of reduced leaves; flowers 5-merous; fruit capsular with few to many small, slender seeds.............................................................. Norrisia Gardner (1849: 326) - Inflorescences axillary; flowers 4−5-merous (4-merous in Peninsular Malaysia); fruit a berry with 1−2 orbicular seeds (in Peninsular Malaysia)....................................................................................................................... Gardneria
  • Published as part of Julius, Avelinah, Kamin, Imin, Kiew, Ruth & Utteridge, Timothy M. A., 2013, Gardneria and Spigelia (Loganiaceae), two genera new to the Flora of Peninsular Malaysia, pp. 39-46 in Phytotaxa 129 (1) on page 40, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.129.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5085629