Ardisia
Ardisia | |
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Ardisia crenata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Primulaceae |
Subfamily: | Myrsinoideae |
Genus: | Ardisia Sw. |
Type species | |
Species | |
Over 700, see List of Ardisia species | |
Synonyms | |
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Ardisia (coralberry or marlberry) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. It was in the former Myrsinaceae family now recognised as the myrsine sub-family Myrsinoideae.[1] They are distributed in the Americas, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, mainly in the tropics.[2][3] There are over 700 accepted species.[4] One species, Ardisia japonica is one of the 50 fundamental herbs in traditional Chinese medicine.
These are trees, shrubs, and subshrubs. Most have alternately arranged leaves. Flowers are borne in many forms of inflorescence. The flowers have usually 4 or 5 green sepals and a bell-shaped corolla of usually 4 or 5 white or pink petals. The fruit is a somewhat fleshy drupe.[2][3] The defining characteristic of the genus is the small tube formed at the center of the flower by the stamens, which are joined at their bases.[5]
Species[]
Selected species include:[4]
- Ardisia amplexicaulis Bedd.
- Ardisia blatteri Gamble
- Ardisia brittonii Stearn
- E.Walker
- Ardisia byrsonimae Stearn
- Ardisia crenata Sims
- Ardisia darienensis Lundell
- Ardisia dukei Lundell
- Ardisia elliptica Thunb.
- Ardisia escallonioides Schltdl. & Cham.
- Ardisia etindensis Taton
- Ardisia flavida Pipoly
- Ardisia furfuracella Standl.
- Ardisia gardneri C.B.Clarke
- Ardisia geniculata Lundell
- Ardisia glomerata Lundell
- Ardisia hagenii Lundell
- Ardisia helferiana Kurz.
- Ardisia humilis Vahl
- Ardisia jamaicensis Lundell
- A.DC.
- Ardisia jefeana Lundell
- Ardisia koupensis Taton
- Blume
- Ardisia maxonii Standl.
- Lundell
- E.Walker
- Ardisia opaca Lundell
- Ardisia panamensis Lundell
- C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia premontana Pipoly
- Gardner & Champ.
- Ardisia pulverulenta Mez
- Pit.
- J.Sinclair
- Ardisia scheryi Lundell
- Ardisia schlechteri Gilg
- Mez
- Ardisia scortechinii King & Gamble
- Ardisia solanacea Roxb.
- B.C.Stone
- Ardisia sonchifolia Mez
- Ardisia standleyana P.H.Allen
- Ardisia subsessilifolia Lundell
- Mez
- Ardisia urbanii Stearn
- Ardisia websteri Pipoly
- (A.DC.) Wall. ex Mez
- Ardisia willisii Mez
- (Gaertn.) Lam. ex Forsyth f.
References[]
- ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 116 (105–121). doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x.
- ^ a b Ardisia. Flora of North America.
- ^ a b Ardisia. Flora of China.
- ^ a b "Ardisia Sw". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ Pipoly, J. J. and J. M. Ricketson. (2005). New species and nomenclatural notes in Mesoamerican Ardisia (Myrsinaceae). Novon 15(1), 190-201.
- Ardisia
- Primulaceae genera
- Taxa named by Olof Swartz