Aleurites J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Details

Name scientific

Aleurites J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2. 111 (1776)

Preferred name

Aleurites J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Linked name

Aleurites

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Exotic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

Nomenclature

Authors

J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Original authors

J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Publication place

Forster, J.R.; Forster, G. 1776: Characteres Generum Plantarum quas in Itinere ad Insulas Maris Australis Collegerunt, Descripserunt, Delinearunt, Annis. Edition 2. White, Cadell & Elmsley, London.

Year published

1776

Publication page

111

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Aleurites J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Aleurites

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Euphorbiaceae

Genus

Aleurites

Subordinates

Descriptions

Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Aleurites J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Description

Monoecious trees; sap milky. Lvs stipulate, alternate, entire or palmately lobed but not serrate. ♂ and ♀ fls mixed in terminal panicles; ♀ fls at ends of branches surrounded by several ♂. ♂ fls: calyx dividing into 2-3 segments, united in bud; petals 5; anthers 8-20; filaments sometimes branched. ♀ fls: calyx dividing into 2-3 segments; petals 5, much smaller than in ♂; ovary 2-5-celled, with 1 ovule in each cell; styles 2, deeply 2-fid. Fr. fleshy, spherical, with cells not separating at maturity.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Aleurites J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Aleurites

Mabberley, D.J. (2008)

Aleurites J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Euphorbiaceae

Aleurites J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Aleurites J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

Collections

Determined name

Country

Geographic region

Indicative databased records

Aleurites J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Samoa

Metadata

Record id

2e7eb16c-2f06-4157-ad15-1397ca8f5061

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

4 September 2008

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