Difference between revisions of "Hovenia"

Thunberg

Nov. Gen. Pl. 1: 7. 1781.

Common names: Raisin tree
Introduced
Etymology: For David Hoven, 1724–1787, Dutch senator and botanical patron
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 68. Mentioned on page 43, 44.
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Revision as of 19:58, 16 December 2019

Trees [shrubs], unarmed; bud scales present. Leaves deciduous, alternate; blade not gland-dotted; pinnately veined, basal pair of secondary veins more prominent. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, compound dichasia (appearing repeatedly dichotomously branched); peduncles and pedicels becoming fleshy [not fleshy] in fruit. Pedicels present. Flowers bisexual; hypanthium hemispheric, 2–3 mm wide; sepals 5, spreading, white, ovate-triangular to triangular, keeled adaxially; petals 5, white or yellow-green, inrolled full length, elliptic to ovate, short-clawed; nectary fleshy, filling hypanthium; stamens 5; ovary 1/2-inferior, 3-locular; styles 2–3, connate basally. Fruits capsules, appearing drupaceous, tardily dehiscent, exocarp sloughing off from leathery mesocarp prior to dehiscence.

Distribution

Asia, introduced also in South America.

Discussion

Species 7 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa