Hecatostemon

Hecatostemon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
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

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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

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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

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

References

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  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.