EcoFlora - Ardisia

Ardisia
Family: Primulaceae	FNA Resources John J. Pipoly III, Jon M. Ricketson in Flora of North America (vol. 8) Subshrubs, shrubs, or trees, not succulent, hairy, glabrescent. Leaves persistent, alternate (pseudoverticillate in A. japonica), monomorphic or dimorphic; petiole present [absent]; blade lanceolate, elliptic, or oblanceolate to obovate, base acute to obovate, margins entire, crenate, or undulate, flat, subrevolute, or revolute, apex obtuse or acute to acuminate, surfaces glabrous and/or with lepidote scales, sessile- or stipitate-stellate hairs, or glandular-villous. Inflorescences terminal, subterminal, axillary, or lateral panicles, racemes, cymes, subumbels, or umbels, sessile (pedunculate in A. japonica), longer than petioles. Pedicels present [absent]. Flowers: sepals 4-5(-6), green, calyx lobes oblong-ovate to ovate, ± equaling tube; petals 4-5(-6), corolla white to pink, cupuliform to campanulate, lobes ± equaling tube, apex acute to acuminate; stamens (4-)5(-6); filaments connate basally into inconspicuous tube, free from corolla tube; stigma punctiform. Fruits drupaceous, globose or subglobose (A. elliptica), sometimes longitudinally costate, 4-8 mm, fleshy (endocarp crusty or slightly bony), indehiscent. Seeds 1, white to black, globose, covered by membranous remnants of placenta. x = 6.
Species within inventory project: Arizona Flora \|\| << 1 - 50 taxa >> Ardisia aciphylla Media not available Map not Available Ardisia aguirreana Media not available Map not Available Ardisia alabastro-alata Media not available Map not Available Ardisia albisepala $Media resource of Ardisia albisepala$ Map not Available Ardisia albovirens $Media resource of Ardisia albovirens$ Map not Available Ardisia amanuensis Map not Available Ardisia anceps Map not Available Ardisia anchicayana Map not Available Ardisia angustata Media not available Map not Available Ardisia apoda $Media resource of Ardisia apoda$ Map not Available Ardisia atrobullata Media not available Map not Available Ardisia atropurpurea $Media resource of Ardisia atropurpurea$ Map not Available Ardisia aurantiaca Media not available Map not Available Ardisia auriculata Map not Available Ardisia austin-smithii $Media resource of Ardisia austin-smithii$ Map not Available Ardisia awarum Media not available Map not Available Ardisia bamendae Media not available Map not Available Ardisia bampsiana Media not available Map not Available Ardisia barnesii Map not Available Ardisia bartletii Media not available Map not Available Ardisia bartlettii Map not Available Ardisia batangaensis Media not available Map not Available Ardisia belingaensis Media not available Map not Available Ardisia blepharodes Map not Available Ardisia borneensis Media not available Map not Available Ardisia bracteata Media not available Map not Available Ardisia bracteosa $Media resource of Ardisia bracteosa$ Map not Available Ardisia breedlovei Map not Available Ardisia brenesii $Media resource of Ardisia brenesii$ Map not Available Ardisia brevipetiolata Map not Available Ardisia breviramea Map not Available Ardisia brevis $Media resource of Ardisia brevis$ Map not Available Ardisia brunnescens Map not Available Ardisia buesgenii Media not available Map not Available Ardisia byrsonimae Media not available Map not Available Ardisia calavitensis Map not Available Ardisia calycosa Map not Available Ardisia capitellata $Media resource of Ardisia capitellata$ Map not Available Ardisia capuronii Media not available Map not Available Ardisia cartagoana $Media resource of Ardisia cartagoana$ Map not Available Ardisia chevalieri Media not available Map not Available Ardisia chiapensis Map not Available Ardisia chinensis Map not Available Ardisia chrysophyllifolia Map not Available Ardisia colombiana Map not Available Ardisia colonensis Map not Available Ardisia coloradoana $Media resource of Ardisia coloradoana$ Map not Available Ardisia comosa Media not available Map not Available Ardisia compressa Map not Available Ardisia conglomerata $Media resource of Ardisia conglomerata$ Map not Available