familyLardizabalaceae
genusAkebia
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Akebia
Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 1: 195. 1839
Etymology: Japanese akebi, name for Akebia quinata
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Vines, twining. Leaves palmately compound; leaflets 3-5, articulate at base of blade and at base of petiolule. Inflorescences racemose, pistillate flowers proximal to staminate flowers in each raceme. Flowers dimorphic: pistillate flowers larger and longer pediceled than staminate flowers; sepals mostly brownish to purplish. Staminate flowers: pistillodes present. Pistillate flowers: pistils (3-)-8(-15); placentation laminar; staminodes present. Fruits follicles, fleshy, dehiscent along adaxial suture. Seeds 100-several hundred. x = 16.
Discussion
Species 4 (1 in the flora).
Pistils in Akebia are incompletely closed distally (W. W. Payne and J. L. Seago 1968).
References
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Facts about "Akebia"
Author | John W. Thieret + and John T. Kartesz + |
Authority | Decaisne + |
Distribution | North America + and Asia. + |
Etymology | Japanese akebi, name for Akebia quinata + |
Illustrator | John Myers + |
Publication title | Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. + |
Publication year | 1839 + |
Reference | anderson1934a +, payne1968a + and sargent1891a + |
Source xml | https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse grained fna xml/V3/V3 985.xml + |
Taxon family | Lardizabalaceae + |
Taxon name | Akebia + |
Taxon parent | Lardizabalaceae + |
Taxon rank | genus + |
Volume | Volume 3 + |