Biology:Saurauia latibractea
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Short description: Species of plant in the family Annonaceae
| Saurauia latibractea | |
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| Herbarium specimen of Saurauia latibractea.[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Actinidiaceae |
| Genus: | Saurauia |
| Species: | S. latibractea
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| Binomial name | |
| Saurauia latibractea Choisy
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| Synonyms | |
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Saurauia cumingiana de Vriese | |
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
- ↑ "Saurauia latibractea Choisy". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. n.d.. https://www.tropicos.org/name/100526913.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Stearn, William (2004). Botanical Latin. Portland, Ore. Newton Abbot: Timber Press David & Charles. ISBN 9780881926279.
- ↑ McKaughan, Howard P.; Macaraya, Batua A. (1965). "Maranao Plant Names". Oceanic Linguistics 4 (1/2): 48. doi:10.2307/3622916. ISSN 0029-8115.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Bulalacao, Lolita J. (1997). Pollen Flora of the Philippines. 1. Manila: RFG Casa Imprenta. ISBN 971-718-099-7.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q17252968 entry
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