Pseuduvaria luzonensis

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Pseuduvaria luzonensis
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Herbarium specimen of Pseuduvaria luzonensis. [1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Pseuduvaria
Species:
P. luzonensis
Binomial name
Pseuduvaria luzonensis
Synonyms

Orophea luzoniensisMerr.
Orophea maculataMerr.
Pseuduvaria grandifloraMerr.

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Pseuduvaria luzonensis is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. [1] It is native to The Philippines. [3] Elmer Drew Merrill, the American botanist who first formally described the species using the synonym Orophea luzoniensis, named it after Luzon in the Province of Battan, Philippines where the specimen he examined was collected along the Lamao River. [4] [5]

Description

It is a tree reaching 10 meters in height. The young, yellow-brown to black branches are densely hairy, but become hairless when mature. The branches also have sparse lenticels. Its elliptical, papery to leathery leaves are 10-27 by 3–8.5 centimeters. The leaves have pointed to wedge-shaped bases and tapering tips, with the tapering portion 5-19 millimeters long. The leaves are hairless on their upper surfaces and sparsely hairy on their lower surfaces. The leaves have 10-18 pairs of secondary veins emanating from their midribs. Its very densely hairy petioles are 4-12 by 1-3 millimeters with a broad groove on their upper side. Its Inflorescences occur alone or in pairs on branches, and are organized on indistinct peduncles. Each inflorescence has 1-2 flowers. Each flower is on a very densely hairy pedicel that is 12-30 by 0.3-0.8 millimeters. The pedicels are organized on a rachis up to 5 millimeters long that have 2-3 bracts. The pedicels have a medial, very densely hairy bract that is 0.5-1.5 millimeters long. Its flowers are unisexual. Its flowers have 3 oval sepals, that are 1.5-2.5 by 1.5-2.5 millimeters. The sepals are hairless on their upper surface, very densely hairy on their lower surface, and hairy at their margins. Its 6 petals are arranged in two rows of 3. The greenish-white, circular, outer petals are 2.5-4.5 by 2–3.5 millimeters with hairless upper surfaces and very densely hairy lower surfaces. The inner petals are greenish-white to yellowish-green. The diamond-shaped, inner petals have a 7-14 millimeter long claw at their base and a 11-20 by 7-12 millimeter blade. The inner petals have pointed bases and pointed to tapering tips. The inner petals are hairless on their upper surface except near their tips, and densely hairy on their lower surfaces. Male flowers have 70-85 stamens that are 0.6-1 by 0.5-0.8 millimeters. Female flowers have 13-14 carpels that are 2-2.5 by 0.7-1 millimeters. Each carpel has 4-6 ovules arranged in a row. The female flowers have 2-7 sterile stamens. The fruit occur in clusters of up to 3 on slightly hairy pedicles that are 16-18 by 1 millimeters. The yellow-green fruit are elliptical and 6-7 by 4 millimeters. The fruit are smooth, and very densely hairy. [6]

Reproductive biology

The pollen of P. luzonensis is shed as permanent tetrads. [7]

Habitat and distribution

It has been observed growing in lowland forests at elevations of 90–100 meters. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Pseuduvaria luzonensis (Merr.) Y. C. F. Su & R. M. K. Saunders". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  2. ↑ Energy Development Corporation (EDC) (2020). "Pseuduvaria luzoniensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T154082026A157178261. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T154082026A157178261.en . Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Pseuduvaria luzoniensis (Merr.) Y.C.F.Su & R.M.K.Saunders". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  4. ↑ Merrill, Elmer D. (1908). "New or Noteworthy Philippine Plants, VI". The Philippine Journal of Science. C. Botany. 3 (4): 224.
  5. ↑ Merrill, Elmer D. (1905). "New or Noteworthy Philippine Plants, IV". Department of the Interior, Bureau of Government Laboratories. 35: 11.
  6. 1 2 Su, Yvonne C.F.; Saunders, Richard M.K. (2006). Monograph of Pseuduvaria (Annonaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs. Vol. 79. American Society of Plant Taxonomists. pp. 1–204. JSTOR   25027955.
  7. ↑ Su, Yvonne C. F.; Saunders, Richard M. K. (2003). "Pollen structure, tetrad cohesion and pollen-connecting threads in Pseuduvaria (Annonaceae)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (1): 69–78. doi: 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.00204.x . ISSN   1095-8339.
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