Pseuduvaria silvestris

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Pseuduvaria silvestris
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Pseuduvaria
Species:
P. silvestris
Binomial name
Pseuduvaria silvestris
Synonyms

Oreomitra bullataDiels
Orophea rhytidocarpaDiels
Orophea rhytidophyllaDiels
Orophea silvestrisDiels
Pseuduvaria rhytidocarpa(Diels) Sinclair ex Kessler
Pseuduvaria rhytidophylla(Diels) J.Sinclair

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Pseuduvaria silvestris is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. [1] It is native to New Guinea. [2] Ludwig Diels, the botanist who first formally described the species under the basionym Orophea silvestris, named it after the forested (silvestris in Latin) habitat the specimens he examined were found growing in near the Waria River. [3] [4]

Description

It is a small tree reaching 5 meters in height. The young, grey-brown to black branches are densely hairy. Its elliptical to oval or egg-shaped, papery to slightly leathery leaves are 11–24.5 by 2–7 centimeters. The leaves have heart-shaped bases and tapering tips, with the tapering portion 14–43 millimeters long. The leaves are hairless on their upper and densely hairy on their lower surfaces. The leaves have 12–22 pairs of secondary veins emanating from their midribs. Its petioles, if present, are densely hairy, 1–4 by 1–3 millimeters with a broad groove on their upper side. Its solitary Inflorescences occur on branches, and are organized on very densely hairy peduncles that are 10–18 by 0.1–0.5 millimeters. Each inflorescence has 1–2 flowers. Each flower is on a very densely hairy pedicel that is 3–7 by 0.2–0.4 millimeters. The pedicels are organized on a rachis up to 5 millimeters long that have 5–7 bracts. The pedicels have a medial, very densely hairy bract that is 0.3 millimeters long. It has male and hermaphroditic flowers, but the latter are poorly described in the literature. Its flowers have 3 triangular sepals that are partially fused at their base. The sepals are 0.2 by 0.7 millimeters. The sepals are hairless on their upper surface, densely hairy on their lower surface, and hairy at their margins. Its 6 petals are arranged in two rows of 3. The dark purple to red, circular, outer petals are 0.7 by 0.9 millimeters with hairless upper and very densely hairy lower surfaces. The dark purple to dull red, diamond-shaped inner petals have a 0.6 millimeter long claw at their base and a 2–3 by 1.5–2.5 millimeter blade. The inner petals have pointed bases and tips. The inner petals are slightly hairy on their upper surfaces and very densely hairy on their lower surfaces. Male flowers have up to 29 stamens that are 0.4–0.6 by 0.4–0.5 millimeters. The fruit occur in clusters of 1–2 on densely hairy pedicles that are 5–12 by 0.5–1.5 millimeters. The pedicels are attached to a densely hairy peduncle that is 10–21 by 0.5–1 millimeters. The orange, globe-shaped to elliptical fruit are 8-28 by 6–27 millimeters. The fruit are smooth, and very densely hairy. Each fruit has up to 5 hemispherical to lens-shaped seeds that are 8–9.5 by 5–8 by 3.5-5 millimeters, arranged in two rows. The seeds are wrinkly. [5]

Reproductive biology

The pollen of P. silvestris is shed as permanent tetrads. [6]

Habitat and distribution

It has been observed growing in lowland forests at elevations of 60–600 meters. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Pseuduvaria silvestris (Diels) J. Sinclair". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Pseuduvaria silvestris (Diels) J.Sinclair". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  3. ↑ Stearn, William (2004). Botanical Latin. Portland, Ore. Newton Abbot: Timber Press David & Charles. ISBN   9780881926279.
  4. ↑ Diels, L (1913). "Anonaceen von Papuasien. Mit einem Beitrag (Abschnitt D) von R. Schlechter" [Anonaceae of Papua New Guinea, with a contribution (Section D) by R. Schlechter]. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (in Latin and German). 49: 160.
  5. 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.
  6. ↑ 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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