Difference between revisions of "Brunnichia"

Banks ex Gaertner

Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 213, plate 45, fig. 2. 1788.

Common names: American buckwheat-vine ladies’-eardrops eardrop vine anserine liana
Etymology: for Morten Thrane Brunnich, 1737–1827, eighteenth-century Danish naturalist
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 482. Mentioned on page 216, 479, 480, 483.
FNA>Volume Importer
 
imported>Volume Importer
 
(6 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 23: Line 23:
 
|distribution=se United States;w Africa.
 
|distribution=se United States;w Africa.
 
|discussion=<p>Species 4 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
 
|discussion=<p>Species 4 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>The African species of Brunnichia sometimes are segregated in the genus Afrobrunnichia Hutchinson & Dalziel.</p>
+
--><p>The African species of <i>Brunnichia</i> sometimes are segregated in the genus Afrobrunnichia Hutchinson & Dalziel.</p>
 
|tables=
 
|tables=
 
|references=
 
|references=
Line 40: Line 40:
 
|family=Polygonaceae
 
|family=Polygonaceae
 
|illustrator=Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
 
|illustrator=Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
 +
|illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association
 
|distribution=se United States;w Africa.
 
|distribution=se United States;w Africa.
 
|reference=None
 
|reference=None
Line 45: Line 46:
 
|publication year=1788
 
|publication year=1788
 
|special status=
 
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V5/V5_1006.xml
+
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V5/V5_1006.xml
 
|subfamily=Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae
 
|subfamily=Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae
 
|genus=Brunnichia
 
|genus=Brunnichia

Latest revision as of 23:07, 5 November 2020

Vines, perennial; roots thin, fibrous. Stems scandent, tendril-bearing, glabrous or pubescent; tendrils terminating branches, simple to branched. Leaves cauline, alternate, petiolate; ocrea persistent, chartaceous; blade ovate to ovate-lanceolate, margins entire. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, paniclelike, usually pedunculate. Pedicels 3-winged, 1 wing more prominent and becoming greatly expanded in fruit, glabrous. Flowers bisexual, (1–)3–5 per ocreate fascicle, base stipelike; perianth accrescent, greenish to greenish yellow, campanulate, indurate, glabrous; tepals 5, connate proximally, petaloid, slightly dimorphic, subequal; stamens 8; filaments distinct, adnate proximally to perianth tube, glabrous; anthers pink to red, oval; styles 3, erect or spreading, distinct; stigmas 3, depressed-capitate. Achenes included in indurate perianth, tan to brown, unwinged, obscurely 3-gonous proximally, 3-gonous distally, glabrous. Seeds: embryo straight. x = 24.

Distribution

se United States, w Africa.

Discussion

Species 4 (1 in the flora).

The African species of Brunnichia sometimes are segregated in the genus Afrobrunnichia Hutchinson & Dalziel.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

... more about "Brunnichia"
Walter C. Holmes +
Banks ex Gaertner +
American buckwheat-vine +, ladies’-eardrops +, eardrop vine +  and anserine liana +
se United States +  and w Africa. +
for Morten Thrane Brunnich, 1737–1827, eighteenth-century Danish naturalist +
Fruct. Sem. Pl. +
Brunnichia +
Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae +