Schisandra glabra
| Schisandra glabra | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Austrobaileyales |
| Family: | Schisandraceae |
| Genus: | Schisandra |
| Species: | S. glabra |
| Binomial name | |
| Schisandra glabra (Brickell) Rehder | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Schisandra glabra, the bay star-vine, is the only American species of this primarily Asian genus. It is native to the southeastern United States. It is reported from Louisiana, eastern Arkansas, southwestern Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, northwestern Florida, and Georgia with isolated populations in Kentucky, South Carolina and North Carolina. It can be found in wooded bluffs, hillsides and ravines at elevations less than 500 m (1650 feet).[2]
Schisandra glabra is a trailing or twining herb sometimes climbing to a height of 20 m (67 feet) or more. Leaves are elliptic to cordate (heart-shaped), up to 13 cm (5.2 inches) long. The plant is monoecious, with staminate (male, pollen-producing) and pistillate (female, seed-producing) flowers separate on the same plant. Sepals are whitish, petals pink or red. Berries are red, spherical to ellipsoid, up to 15 mm (0.6 inches) long.[3][4][5][6]
Some sources spell the name Schizandra, while others use the now-rejected name Stellandria. Schisandra is the accepted spelling.[1][2][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Plant List
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Flora of North America v 3 p 62-63.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rehder, Alfred. Schisandra Michaux, nomen genericum conservandum. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 25(1): 131. 1944.
- ↑ Radford, A. E., H. E. Ahles & C. R. Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas i–lxi, 1–1183. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.
- ↑ Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
- ↑ Stone, D. E. 1968. Cytological and morphological notes on the southeastern endemic Schisandra glabra (Schisandraceae). Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 84: 351-356.