- Family: Pentaphylacaceae Engl.
Ternstroemia Mutis ex L.f.
This genus is accepted, and is native to Asia-Tropical, Africa, Hawaii, Southern America, Northern America and Asia-Temperate..
Descriptions
According to Flora of Tropical East Africa
[FTEA]Theaceae, B. Verdcourt (East African Herbarium). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1962
- Habit
- Evergreen trees
- Leaves
- Leaves spirally arranged, simple, subcoriaceous, margins entire
- Flowers
- Flowers axillary, hermaphrodite or, more rarely, dioecious (as in the African species)
- Calyx
- Sepals 5–7
- Corolla
- Petals mostly 5, 7–10 in the African species, opposite the sepals or irregularly disposed
- Stamens
- Stamens numerous, 1-many-seriate ; connective of anthers often prolonged beyond the thecae
- Ovary
- Ovary (reduced in male flowers of dioecious species) (l–)2–3-locular or falsely 4–6-locular ; ovules (l–)2–20 in each loculus
- Style
- Style very short with stigmas small, conspicuous or sometimes foliaceous
- Fruits
- Fruit indehiscent
- Seeds
- Seeds ellipsoid, with a thick testa; endosperm usually very reduced, sometimes lacking.
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Distribution
Native to:
Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northwest, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cambodia, Cameroon, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, French Guiana, Gabon, Guatemala, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Vietnam, Windward Is.
Introduced into:
Alabama, Florida
Accepted Species
- Ternstroemia acrodantha Kobuski & Steyerm.
- Ternstroemia acuminata Jack
- Ternstroemia africana Melch.
- Ternstroemia alnifolia Wawra
- Ternstroemia amistadensis Q.Jiménez & D.Santam.
- Ternstroemia aracae B.M.Boom
- Ternstroemia asymmetrica Rusby
- Ternstroemia baracoensis O.C.Schmidt
- Ternstroemia barkeri Ekman & O.C.Schmidt
- Ternstroemia beccarii Stapf ex Ridl.
- Ternstroemia biangulipes H.T.Chang
- Ternstroemia borbensis Kobuski
- Ternstroemia brachypoda (Wawra) Kobuski
- Ternstroemia brasiliensis Cambess.
- Ternstroemia brevistyla Kobuski
- Ternstroemia britteniana F.Muell.
- Ternstroemia browniana Kobuski
- Ternstroemia bullata Proctor
- Ternstroemia buxifolia Ekman & O.C.Schmidt
- Ternstroemia calycina Fawc. & Rendle
- Ternstroemia camelliifolia Linden & Planch.
- Ternstroemia cameroonensis Cheek
- Ternstroemia campinicola B.M.Boom
- Ternstroemia candolleana Wawra
- Ternstroemia carnosa Cambess.
- Ternstroemia cernua Griseb.
- Ternstroemia chapaensis Gagnep.
- Ternstroemia cherryi (F.M.Bailey) Merr. ex J.F.Bailey & C.T White
- Ternstroemia circumscissilis Kobuski
- Ternstroemia citrina Ridl.
- Ternstroemia cleistogama Kobuski
- Ternstroemia clusiifolia Kunth
- Ternstroemia compacta (J.F.Macbr.) Molinari
- Ternstroemia congestiflora Triana & Planch.
- Ternstroemia coniocarpa L.K.Ling
- Ternstroemia coriacea Scheff.
- Ternstroemia crassifolia Benth.
- Ternstroemia cuneifolia Gardner
- Ternstroemia dehiscens Huber
- Ternstroemia delicatula Choisy
- Ternstroemia dentata (Aubl.) Sw.
- Ternstroemia denticulata (Pierre) Ridl.
- Ternstroemia dentisepala B.M.Barthol.
- Ternstroemia discoidea Gleason
- Ternstroemia distyla Kobuski
- Ternstroemia duidae Gleason
- Ternstroemia dura Gleason
- Ternstroemia ekmanii O.C.Schmidt
- Ternstroemia elliptica Sw.
- Ternstroemia elongata (Korth.) Koord.
- Ternstroemia emarginata (Gardner) Choisy
- Ternstroemia evenia (King) A.C.Sm.
- Ternstroemia flavescens Griseb.
- Ternstroemia foetida Kobuski
- Ternstroemia fragrans (Champ.) Choisy
- Ternstroemia gitingensis Elmer
- Ternstroemia glandulosa Alain
- Ternstroemia gleasoniana Kobuski
- Ternstroemia globiflora Ruiz & Pav.
- Ternstroemia glomerata Proctor
- Ternstroemia gracilifolia O.C.Schmidt
- Ternstroemia grandiosa Kobuski
- Ternstroemia granulata Krug & Urb.
- Ternstroemia guanchezii B.M.Boom
- Ternstroemia gymnanthera (Wight & Arn.) Bedd.
- Ternstroemia hainanensis H.T.Chang
- Ternstroemia hartii Krug & Urb.
- Ternstroemia heptasepala Krug & Urb.
- Ternstroemia hosei Ridl.
- Ternstroemia houtsoortiana Pierre
- Ternstroemia howardiana Kobuski
- Ternstroemia huasteca B.M.Barthol.
- Ternstroemia insignis Y.C.Wu
- Ternstroemia jelskii (Szyszyl.) Melch.
- Ternstroemia kanehirae Kobuski
- Ternstroemia killipiana Kobuski
- Ternstroemia kjellbergii Kobuski
- Ternstroemia klugiana Kobuski
- Ternstroemia krukoffiana Kobuski
- Ternstroemia kwangtungensis Merr.
- Ternstroemia laevigata Wawra
- Ternstroemia landae Standl. & L.O.Williams
- Ternstroemia ledermannii (Lauterb.) Hatus.
- Ternstroemia lehmannii (Hieron.) Urb.
- Ternstroemia liesneriana D.Santam. & Lagom.
- Ternstroemia lineata DC.
- Ternstroemia longipes Klotzsch ex Wawra
- Ternstroemia lowii Stapf
- Ternstroemia luquillensis Krug & Urb.
- Ternstroemia luteoflora L.K.Ling
- Ternstroemia maclellandiana Ridl.
- Ternstroemia macrocarpa Triana & Planch.
- Ternstroemia magnifica Stapf ex Ridl.
- Ternstroemia maguirei B.M.Boom
- Ternstroemia maltbya Rose
- Ternstroemia megaloptycha Kobuski
- Ternstroemia meiocarpa Kobuski
- Ternstroemia meridionalis Mutis ex L.f.
- Ternstroemia merrilliana Kobuski
- Ternstroemia microcalyx Krug & Urb.
- Ternstroemia microcarpa Turcz.
- Ternstroemia microphylla Merr.
- Ternstroemia moaensis Borhidi & O.Muñiz
- Ternstroemia monostigma W.R.Barker
- Ternstroemia montana Ridl.
- Ternstroemia multiovulata Gómez-Laur., Q.Jiménez & N.Zamora
- Ternstroemia mutisiana Kobuski
- Ternstroemia nabirensis Sa.Kurata
- Ternstroemia nashii Urb.
- Ternstroemia nitida Merr.
- Ternstroemia oleifolia Wawra
- Ternstroemia oligostemon Krug & Urb.
- Ternstroemia pachytrocha Kobuski
- Ternstroemia palembangensis Kobuski
- Ternstroemia parviflora Krug & Urb.
- Ternstroemia patens (Korth.) Choisy
- Ternstroemia peduncularis DC.
- Ternstroemia penangiana Choisy
- Ternstroemia penduliflora Kobuski
- Ternstroemia philippinensis Merr.
- Ternstroemia polyandra Kobuski
- Ternstroemia polypetala Melch.
- Ternstroemia prancei B.M.Boom
- Ternstroemia pubescens Kobuski
- Ternstroemia punctata (Aubl.) Sw.
- Ternstroemia pungens Gleason
- Ternstroemia quinquepartita Ruiz & Pav.
- Ternstroemia retusifolia Kobuski
- Ternstroemia robinsonii Merr.
- Ternstroemia rostrata Krug & Urb.
- Ternstroemia schomburgkiana Benth.
- Ternstroemia scortechinii King
- Ternstroemia selleana Ekman & O.C.Schmidt
- Ternstroemia serrata Jack
- Ternstroemia sichuanensis L.K.Ling
- Ternstroemia simaoensis L.K.Ling
- Ternstroemia stahlii Krug & Urb.
- Ternstroemia steyermarkii Kobuski
- Ternstroemia subcaudata Kobuski
- Ternstroemia subserrata (Rusby) Melch.
- Ternstroemia subsessilis (Britton) Kobuski
- Ternstroemia sylvatica Schltdl. & Cham.
- Ternstroemia tepezapote Schltdl. & Cham.
- Ternstroemia toquian Fern.-Vill.
- Ternstroemia tristyla Gleason
- Ternstroemia unilocularis Kobuski & Steyerm.
- Ternstroemia urdanetensis (Elmer) Kobuski
- Ternstroemia urophora Kobuski
- Ternstroemia verticillata Klotzsch ex Wawra
- Ternstroemia wallichiana (Griff.) Engl.
- Ternstroemia washikiatii Cornejo & C.Ulloa
- Ternstroemia yunnanensis L.K.Ling
Synonyms
Other Data
Ternstroemia Mutis ex L.f. appears in other Kew resources:
Herbarium Catalogue (4 records)
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
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Sep 1, 2002 | Letouzey, R. [13380], Cameroon | K000198749 | ||
Coode [6136], Indonesia | 56198.000 | |||
Sumbin, D. [MTED 433], Malaysia | 61162.000 | |||
Finlayson, G. [Cat. no. s.n.] | K001132799 |
Bibliography
First published in Suppl. Pl.: 39 (1782)
Accepted by
- Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2010). Flore du Gabon 41: 1-75. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
Literature
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Suppl. 39 (1781), nom. conserv.
Sources
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