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(Last Modified On 3/14/2013)
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(Last Modified On 3/14/2013)
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Genus
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Ternstroemia Mutis ex L. f.
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Suppl. PI. Syst. Veg. 39, 264, 1781, nom. gen. conserv.
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Synonym
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Mokof Adanson, Fam. PI. 2: 501, 1763. Taonabo Aubl., Hist. PI. Gui. Fr. 569, 1775.
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Description
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Trees or shrubs, the branches ? opposite or verticillate, glabrous. Leaves al- ternate, opposite or subverticillate, usually coriaceous, the margins entire or nearly so. Flowers axillary, usually solitary, I, the bracteoles usually 2, opposite or sub- opposite, mostly inserted immediately beneath the calyx, sepaloid; sepals 5, im- bricate, persistent; petals 5, imbricate, episepalous, distinct or ? connate basally, deciduous; stamens oc, usually 2-seriate, the filaments united at the base and adnate to the corolla, the anthers basifixed, glabrous, usually longer than the fila- ments, the connective usually projected into an apiculate or caudate appendage; ovary superior, usually 2-3-celled, the ovules 2-20 in each cell, pendulous; styles united into one, the stigma entire. Fruits baccate, soft-coriaceous, often crowned by the persistent style, few-seeded, the testa smooth or papillate; endosperm scanty, fleshy; embryo curved.
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Habit
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Trees shrubs
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Distribution
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A genus of about 85 species, mostly in tropical America and Asia; one species in tropical Africa (Angola); only one species reported from Panama.
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Reference
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Kobuski, C. E. Studies in the Theaceae, XII. Notes on the South American species of Ternstroemia. Jour. Arnold Arb. 23: 298-343, 1942. Kobuski, C. E. Studies in the Theaceae, XIII. Notes on the Mexican and Cen- tral American species of Ternstroemia. Jour. Arnold Arb. 23: 464-478, 1942.
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