Hecatostemon

Hecatostemon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Malpighiales
Family:Salicaceae
Subfamily:Samydoideae
Genus:Hecatostemon
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Species: H. completus
Binomial name
Hecatostemon completus

Hecatostemon completus is a species of shrub or tree native to northeastern South America and is the only member of the genus Hecatostemon.[1]

Taxonomy

Formerly classified in the Flacourtiaceae, phylogenetic analyses based on DNA data indicate that this species, along with its close relatives in Casearia, Samyda, Laetia, and Zuelania, are better placed in a broadly circumscribed Salicaceae.[2]

Description

Hecatostemon differs from its close relatives in having numerous stamens in three series and one ring of staminodes, or "disk," inside the stamens.

Distribution and habitat

The species is found in tropical deciduous forests, matorrales, savannahs, and even saline flats in northern Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Sleumer, Hermann (1980). "Flacourtiaceae". Flora Neotropica. 22: 1-499.
  2. ↑ Chase, Mark W.; Sue Zmarzty; M. Dolores Lledó; Kenneth J. Wurdack; Susan M. Swensen; Michael F. Fay (2002). "When in doubt, put it in Flacourtiaceae: a molecular phylogenetic analysis based on plastid rbcL DNA sequences". Kew Bulletin. 57 (1): 141–181. doi:10.2307/4110825. JSTOR 4110825.
  3. ↑ "Hecatostemon completus". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
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