Schaefferia
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16 species (see text) |
Schaefferia is a genus of shrubs and small trees found in the Neotropics. The plants are dioecious, with flowers that are unisexual by abortion. The flowers are usually clustered in the leaf axil, although the are solitary in some species. The calyx of the flowers has four lobes, and the corolla consists of four petals. The ovary consists of two locules; each locule has a single ovule which develops into a single seed. The fruit is a drupe.[1]
[edit] Species
Acevedo-Rodríguez reports 16 species in the genus.[1] Missouri Botanical Garden's W3TROPICOS database lists the following species:
- Schaefferia albiflora Sessé & Moc.
- Schaefferia angustifolia Urb. & Ekman
- Schaefferia argentinensis Speg.
- Schaefferia cuneifolia A. Gray
- Schaefferia elliptica Lundell
- Schaefferia ephedroides Urb.
- Schaefferia frutescens Jacq.
- Schaefferia lanceifolia Lundell
- Schaefferia lottiae Lundell
- Schaefferia oaxacana Standl.
- Schaefferia ovatifolia Lundell
- Schaefferia pilosa var. 213 Standl.
- Schaefferia serrata Loes.
- Schaefferia shrevei Lundell
- Schaefferia stenophylla Standl.
- Schaefferia viridescens DC.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro (1996). Flora of St. John U.S. Virgin Islands, Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden, Volume 78. ISBN 089327402X.
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