Geniostoma | |
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Geniostoma ligustrifolium | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Loganiaceae |
Genus: |
Geniostoma J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (1776) |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Geniostoma is a genus of around 49 species of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. [1] They are shrubs or small trees, with inflorescences borne in the axils of the simple, petiolate, oppositely-arranged leaves. [2] The flowers are arranged in cymes, and each is pentamerous. [2]
The name Geniostoma derives from the Greek words γένειον (geneion; "beard") and στόμα (stoma; "mouth"), referring to the hairs in the corolla tube of some species. [3] The genus is widely distributed across the Pacific Ocean from Japan, Malesia to Australia in the west, and east to the Tuamotu Archipelago; one species is also found on the Mascarene Islands. [3]
The Hawaiian endemic genus Labordia is included in Geniostoma by Plants of the World Online and other authors. [3] [4] [1] The Hawaiian species are commonly known as labordias or as Kamakahala in Hawaiian. [5] These two genera have been grouped together in the family "Geniostomaceae", [6] but are considered by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group to be part of a wider Loganiaceae. [7]
49 species are accepted. [1]
Geniostoma | |
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Geniostoma ligustrifolium | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Loganiaceae |
Genus: |
Geniostoma J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (1776) |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Geniostoma is a genus of around 49 species of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. [1] They are shrubs or small trees, with inflorescences borne in the axils of the simple, petiolate, oppositely-arranged leaves. [2] The flowers are arranged in cymes, and each is pentamerous. [2]
The name Geniostoma derives from the Greek words γένειον (geneion; "beard") and στόμα (stoma; "mouth"), referring to the hairs in the corolla tube of some species. [3] The genus is widely distributed across the Pacific Ocean from Japan, Malesia to Australia in the west, and east to the Tuamotu Archipelago; one species is also found on the Mascarene Islands. [3]
The Hawaiian endemic genus Labordia is included in Geniostoma by Plants of the World Online and other authors. [3] [4] [1] The Hawaiian species are commonly known as labordias or as Kamakahala in Hawaiian. [5] These two genera have been grouped together in the family "Geniostomaceae", [6] but are considered by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group to be part of a wider Loganiaceae. [7]
49 species are accepted. [1]