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Crossopetalum Bokdamii
''Crossopetalum'', commonly known as Christmas-berries or maiden berries, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. It comprises about 30-40 species. Description ''Crossopetalum'' taxa are shrubs or trees, with opposite or whorled persistent leaves with petiole and stipules. Inflorescences are axillary, regrouping white, pale green, reddish, or purplish radially symmetric flowers, with four sepals, four petals, and a four-carpellate pistil. Intrastaminal nectaries are annular and fleshy. Fruits are red drupes, with one-two seeds per fruit. Etymology The etymology of the genus name ''Crossopetalum'' derives from the two Ancient Greek words (), meaning "fringe", and (), meaning "leaf of a flower". It alludes to the Glossary of botanical terms#fimbriate, fimbriate petals of the type species (''C. rhacoma''). The synonym name ''Myginda'' is a List of taxa named by anagrams, taxonomic anagram derived from the name of the :wikt:confamilial, confamilial genus ''G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossopetalum Rhacoma
''Crossopetalum'', commonly known as Christmas-berries or maiden berries, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. It comprises about 30-40 species. Description ''Crossopetalum'' taxa are shrubs or trees, with opposite or whorled persistent leaves with petiole and stipules. Inflorescences are axillary, regrouping white, pale green, reddish, or purplish radially symmetric flowers, with four sepals, four petals, and a four-carpellate pistil. Intrastaminal nectaries are annular and fleshy. Fruits are red drupes, with one-two seeds per fruit. Etymology The etymology of the genus name ''Crossopetalum'' derives from the two Ancient Greek words (), meaning "fringe", and (), meaning "leaf of a flower". It alludes to the fimbriate petals of the type species (''C. rhacoma''). The synonym name ''Myginda'' is a taxonomic anagram derived from the name of the confamilial genus ''Gyminda''. The latter name is a taxonomic patronym honoring Franz von Mygind (1710 - 178 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |