View source for Gouania ← Gouania You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Gouania |accepted_authority=Jacquin |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist., |place=263, plate 179, fig. 40. 1763 |year=1763 }} |common_names=Chewstick;jaboncillo |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Rhamnaceae;Gouania |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rhamnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Gouania]]</div></div> |etymology=For Antoine Gouan, 1733–1821, French botanist and ichthyologist at Montpellier, director of botanical garden in 1767, later professor of botany and medicine |volume=Volume 12 |mention_page=page 44, 110 |treatment_page=page 109 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Woody </b>vines [climbing shrubs], tendrils present [rarely absent], unarmed; bud scales present. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous [persistent], alternate; blade not gland-dotted; pinnately veined [3-veined from base]. <b>Inflorescences</b>: axillary or terminal, racemelike or paniclelike thyrses; peduncles and pedicels not fleshy in fruit. <b>Pedicels</b> present or absent. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual [unisexual, plants polygamous]; hypanthium cupulate to campanulate, 1.5–3 mm wide; sepals 5, spreading, pale green, ovate-triangular, keeled adaxially; petals 5 [rarely 0], white to yellowish or greenish, hooded, spatulate, clawed; nectary fleshy, margins 5-lobed [unlobed], lining hypanthium but distally free; stamens 5, enfolded by petals; ovary inferior, 3-locular; styles 3, connate basally. <b>Fruits</b> schizocarps, breaking into 3 2-winged samaras [rarely nutlets].</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia. |discussion=<p>Species 50–70 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Stems of at least some species of <i>Gouania</i> are chewed to clean the teeth and harden the gums, hence the common names.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Gouania |author=Guy L. Nesom |authority=Jacquin |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Rhamnaceae |distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia. |reference=None |publication title=Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist., |publication year=1763 |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_837.xml |genus=Gouania }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Rhamnaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Rhamnaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Gouania.