- Family: Primulaceae Batsch ex Borkh.
Ardisia Sw.
[FTEA]
Myrsinaceae, P. Halliday. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1984
- Morphology General Habit
- Shrubs, trees or woody herbs, hermaphrodite or ♀
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves usually marked with dark, often raised dots or streaks
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence axillary, with a bract-covered peduncle shorter than or equalling the petioles and bearing less than 12 flowers
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers 5-merous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
- Sepals and petals imbricate, the latter shortly united and sometimes contorted in bud
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens subsessile on lower 1/3 of petals; anthers large, dehiscing by longitudinal slits, often adnate in bud
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary with several to many ovules in several rows but in African species usually with placenta bearing few ovules which are in 1 row on the upper half of the placenta and attached basally to it; style long, slender; stigma minute, punctiform
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit globose, 1-seeded; endocarp brittle
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seed globose, covered by remnants of placenta; embryo transverse, straight or slightly curved.
[KBu]
Julius, A. & Utteridge, T.M.A. Kew Bull (2012) 67: 379. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-012-9374-4
- Morphology General Habit
- Herbs or low subshrubs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves subopposite, subverticillate or crowded towards the stem apex, rarely alternate; margins finely and densely serrate or serrulate-denticulate (rarely nearly entire), lacking marginal glands
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers 5-merous; sepals spreading at anthesis, not or scarcely overlapping; filaments short or very short; styles inserted before anthesis; ovules few to many in 1 – 3 series.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences axillary, in axils of fully-developed or bract-like leaves; simple racemes appearing umbellate or corymbose or compound-racemose (appearing umbellate-paniculate)
Native to:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Central American Pac, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Gabon, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Ogasawara-shoto, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Zaïre
Introduced into:
Alabama, Bermuda, Cook Is., Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mauritius, Northern Territory, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Texas
- Ardisia aguirreana Pipoly
- Ardisia anchicayana Ricketson & Pipoly
- Ardisia bartletii Lundell
- Ardisia brevis Lundell
- Ardisia cabrerae Pipoly
- Ardisia cardenasii Pipoly
- Ardisia chocoana Lundell
- Ardisia cogolloi Pipoly
- Ardisia colombiana Lundell
- Ardisia compressa Kunth
- Ardisia dodgei Standl.
- Ardisia fimbrillifera Lundell
- Ardisia foetida Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Ardisia gorgonae Cuatrec.
- Ardisia granatensis Mez
- Ardisia guianensis (Aubl.) Mez
- Ardisia huallagae Mez
- Ardisia hugonensis (Lundell) Pipoly & Ricketson
- Ardisia killipii A.C.Sm.
- Ardisia manglillo Cuatrec.
- Ardisia mcphersonii Pipoly
- Ardisia megistophylla Lundell
- Ardisia minutiflora Lundell
- Ardisia monsalveae Pipoly
- Ardisia nevermannii Standl.
- Ardisia niambiensis Pipoly & Cogollo
- Ardisia novitensis Lundell
- Ardisia opegrapha Oerst.
- Ardisia palmana Donn.Sm.
- Ardisia pellucida Oerst.
- Ardisia perinsignis Lundell
- Ardisia popayanensis Mez
- Ardisia pseudoracemiflora Pipoly
- Ardisia revoluta Kunth
- Ardisia sanmartensis (Rusby) Standl.
- Ardisia sapida Cuatrec.
- Ardisia smurfitiana Ricketson & Pipoly
- Ardisia standleyana P.H.Allen
- Ardisia tenuis Lundell
- Ardisia unguiensis Lundell
- Ardisia venosissima (Ruiz & Pav.) J.F.Macbr.
- Rosaura Noronha
- Afrardisia Mez
- Amatlania Lundell
- Anguillaria Gaertn.
- Auriculardisia Lundell
- Barthesia Comm. ex A.DC.
- Bladhia Thunb.
- Chontalesia Lundell
- Climacandra Miq.
- Galiziola Raf.
- Gentlea Lundell
- Graphardisia (Mez) Lundell
- Ibarraea Lundell
- Icacorea Aubl.
- Milnea Raf.
- Niara Dennst.
- Oerstedianthus Lundell
- Parardisia M.P.Nayar & G.S.Giri
- Pickeringia Nutt.
- Pimelandra A.DC.
- Pyrgus Lour.
- Stigmatococca Willd.
- Strangula Noronha
- Synardisia (Mez) Lundell
- Tetrardisia Mez
- Valerioanthus Lundell
- Vedela Adans.
- Zunilia Lundell
Ardisia Sw. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forman, L. [178], Indonesia | 7019.000 | |||
| s.coll. [s.n.] | K000802073 | |||
| Thomas, D.W. [388], Cameroon | K000027702 | |||
| Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 9128], Malaysia | K001132247 | |||
| s.coll. [s.n.] | K000802075 | |||
| Lyne [150], Tanzania | K000791916 | |||
| Lyne [150], Tanzania | K000802074 |
First published in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 48 (1788)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
- Jackes, B.R. (2009). Taxonomic revision of Australian Myrsinaceae: Ardisia Sw. and Terardisia Mez Austrobaileya 8: 1-23.
Literature
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Mez in E.P. IV. 236: 57 (1901)
- Prodr.: 3, 48 (1788)
Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
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