Biology:Saurauia latibractea

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Annonaceae

Saurauia latibractea
Saurauia latibractea.jpg
Herbarium specimen of Saurauia latibractea.[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Actinidiaceae
Genus: Saurauia
Species:
S. latibractea
Binomial name
Saurauia latibractea
Choisy
Synonyms

Saurauia cumingiana de Vriese
Saurauia exasperata de Vriese
Scapha ramosii Quisumb.

Saurauia latibractea is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to The Philippines .[2] Jacques Denys Choisy, the Swiss botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its broad (latus in Latin)[3] bracts. In Maranao it is called maragaoaq or tamiagau.[4]

Description

It is a tree with oval or elliptical leaves that come to a point at their tip. Its leaf margins are serrate. Its flowers are axillary. Its sepals are white.[5]

Reproductive biology

The pollen of S. elegans is shed as permanent tetrads.[6]

References

  1. "Saurauia latibractea Choisy". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. n.d.. https://www.tropicos.org/name/100526913. 
  2. "Saurauia latibractea Choisy". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:829350-1. 
  3. Stearn, William (2004). Botanical Latin. Portland, Ore. Newton Abbot: Timber Press David & Charles. ISBN 9780881926279. 
  4. McKaughan, Howard P.; Macaraya, Batua A. (1965). "Maranao Plant Names". Oceanic Linguistics 4 (1/2): 48. doi:10.2307/3622916. ISSN 0029-8115. 
  5. Zollinger, Heinrich (1854) (in German, Latin). Systematisches Verzeichniss der im indischen Archipel in den Jahren 1842-1848 gesammelten sowie der aus Japan empfangenen Pflanzen. pts. 1-3. Zürich: E. Kiesling. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/113931. 
  6. Bulalacao, Lolita J. (1997). Pollen Flora of the Philippines. 1. Manila: RFG Casa Imprenta. ISBN 971-718-099-7. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q17252968 entry