EcoFlora - Lindera

Lindera
Family: Lauraceae Paul Rothrock	FNA Gleason & Cronquist Resources B. Eugene Wofford in Flora of North America (vol. 3) Shrubs or small trees , deciduous. Bark grayish, becoming darker with age. Leaves alternate, aromatic when crushed (at least when young). Leaf blade pinnately veined, membranous to nearly leathery; surfaces glabrous to densely pubescent; domatia absent. Inflorescences appearing before leaves, axillary, clusters (pseudoumbels), clusters subsessile, nearly umbellate, each subtended by 2 pairs of decussate bracts. Flowers unisexual, staminate and pistillate on different plants, a few bisexual flowers on some plants; tepals deciduous, yellow, pellucid-dotted, equal, glabrous. Staminate flowers: stamens 9; anthers 2-locular, 2-valved, introrse. Pistillate flowers: staminodes variously developed; ovary globose. Drupe bright red, ellipsoid to nearly globose, borne on pedicel, with or without persistent tepals at base. x = 12. Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada Mostly dioecious; tep 6, deciduous; stamens 9, the 3 inner each with a pair of basilateral glands; anthers introrse, 2-locular; pedicels short, slender to maturity; trees or shrubs. 100, mainly Asian. Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp. ©The New York Botanical Garden. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Species within inventory project: Arizona Flora Lindera aggregata Map not Available Lindera akoensis Map not Available Lindera angustifolia Map not Available Lindera apoensis Map not Available Lindera assamica Media not available Map not Available Lindera benzoin Map not Available Lindera bibracteata Media not available Map not Available Lindera caesia Map not Available Lindera caudata Map not Available Lindera chienii Map not Available Lindera chunii Map not Available Lindera citriodora Map not Available Lindera communis Map not Available Lindera concinna Map not Available Lindera erythrocarpa Map not Available Lindera floribunda Map not Available Lindera fragrans Map not Available Lindera glauca Map not Available Lindera latifolia Map not Available Lindera longipedunculata Map not Available Lindera lucida Media not available Map not Available Lindera megaphylla Map not Available Lindera melastomacea Map not Available Lindera melissifolia Map not Available Lindera metcalfiana Map not Available Lindera nacusua Map not Available Lindera neesiana Map not Available Lindera obtusiloba Map not Available Lindera pedicellata Media not available Map not Available Lindera pipericarpa Map not Available Lindera praecox Map not Available Lindera pulcherrima Map not Available Lindera reflexa Map not Available Lindera robusta Media not available Map not Available Lindera rubronervia Media not available Map not Available Lindera salicifolia Map not Available Lindera sericea Map not Available Lindera setchuenensis Media not available Map not Available Lindera strychnifolia Map not Available Lindera subcoriacea Map not Available Lindera supracostata Map not Available Lindera thomsonii Map not Available Lindera tonkinensis Map not Available Lindera triloba Map not Available Lindera umbellata Map not Available Lindera villipes Map not Available