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Sauropus
The genus ''Sauropus'', of the family Phyllanthaceae, comprises about 40 species of herbs, shrubs or subshrubs, sometimes with woody bases. These plants can be monoecious or dioecious. They are distributed in Southeast Asia, Malesia and Australia. Taxonomy In a 2006 revision of the Phyllanthaceae, it was recommended that ''Sauropus'' be subsumed in ''Phyllanthus''; however, new combinations in ''Phyllanthus'' for former ''Sauropus'' species remain to be published. Description ''Sauropus'' species have alternate, entire leaves with short petioles and small stipules. Flowers appear at axils and mainly form clusters. There are 6 perianth segments divided in 2 whorls, with female flowers often having bigger perianths. At male flowers, the perianth is tube-like, with 3 stamen. The fruit is berry-like, ovoid or globose, and fleshy. Species include *''Sauropus albiflorus'' *''Sauropus amabilis'' *''Sauropus amoebiflorous'' *''Sauropus androgynus'' - star gooseberry, katuk *''Sauropus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sauropus Albiflorus
The genus ''Sauropus'', of the family (biology), family Phyllanthaceae, comprises about 40 species of herbs, shrubs or subshrubs, sometimes with woody bases. These plants can be monoecious or dioecious. They are distributed in Southeast Asia, Malesia and Australia. Taxonomy In a 2006 revision of the Phyllanthaceae, it was recommended that ''Sauropus'' be subsumed in ''Phyllanthus''; however, new combinations in ''Phyllanthus'' for former ''Sauropus'' species remain to be published. Description ''Sauropus'' species have alternate, entire leaves with short Petiole (botany), petioles and small stipules. Flowers appear at axils and mainly form clusters. There are 6 tepal, perianth segments divided in 2 whorls, with female flowers often having bigger perianths. At male flowers, the perianth is tube-like, with 3 stamen. The fruit is berry-like, ovoid or globose, and fleshy. Species include *''Sauropus albiflorus'' *''Sauropus amabilis'' *''Sauropus amoebiflorous'' *''Sauropus androgy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sauropus Albiflorus
The genus ''Sauropus'', of the family Phyllanthaceae, comprises about 40 species of herbs, shrubs or subshrubs, sometimes with woody bases. These plants can be monoecious or dioecious. They are distributed in Southeast Asia, Malesia and Australia. Taxonomy In a 2006 revision of the Phyllanthaceae, it was recommended that ''Sauropus'' be subsumed in ''Phyllanthus''; however, new combinations in ''Phyllanthus'' for former ''Sauropus'' species remain to be published. Description ''Sauropus'' species have alternate, entire leaves with short petioles and small stipules. Flowers appear at axils and mainly form clusters. There are 6 perianth segments divided in 2 whorls, with female flowers often having bigger perianths. At male flowers, the perianth is tube-like, with 3 stamen. The fruit is berry-like, ovoid or globose, and fleshy. Species include *'' Sauropus albiflorus'' *''Sauropus amabilis'' *''Sauropus amoebiflorous'' *''Sauropus androgynus'' - star gooseberry, katuk *''Sauropu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sauropus Asteranthos
The genus ''Sauropus'', of the family Phyllanthaceae, comprises about 40 species of herbs, shrubs or subshrubs, sometimes with woody bases. These plants can be monoecious or dioecious. They are distributed in Southeast Asia, Malesia and Australia. Taxonomy In a 2006 revision of the Phyllanthaceae, it was recommended that ''Sauropus'' be subsumed in ''Phyllanthus''; however, new combinations in ''Phyllanthus'' for former ''Sauropus'' species remain to be published. Description ''Sauropus'' species have alternate, entire leaves with short petioles and small stipules. Flowers appear at axils and mainly form clusters. There are 6 perianth segments divided in 2 whorls, with female flowers often having bigger perianths. At male flowers, the perianth is tube-like, with 3 stamen. The fruit is berry-like, ovoid or globose, and fleshy. Species include *'' Sauropus albiflorus'' *'' Sauropus amabilis'' *'' Sauropus amoebiflorous'' *''Sauropus androgynus'' - star gooseberry, katuk *''Sauro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sauropus Amoebiflorous
The genus ''Sauropus'', of the family Phyllanthaceae, comprises about 40 species of herbs, shrubs or subshrubs, sometimes with woody bases. These plants can be monoecious or dioecious. They are distributed in Southeast Asia, Malesia and Australia. Taxonomy In a 2006 revision of the Phyllanthaceae, it was recommended that ''Sauropus'' be subsumed in ''Phyllanthus''; however, new combinations in ''Phyllanthus'' for former ''Sauropus'' species remain to be published. Description ''Sauropus'' species have alternate, entire leaves with short petioles and small stipules. Flowers appear at axils and mainly form clusters. There are 6 perianth segments divided in 2 whorls, with female flowers often having bigger perianths. At male flowers, the perianth is tube-like, with 3 stamen. The fruit is berry-like, ovoid or globose, and fleshy. Species include *'' Sauropus albiflorus'' *'' Sauropus amabilis'' *'' Sauropus amoebiflorous'' *''Sauropus androgynus'' - star gooseberry, katuk *''Sauro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sauropus Amabilis
The genus ''Sauropus'', of the family Phyllanthaceae, comprises about 40 species of herbs, shrubs or subshrubs, sometimes with woody bases. These plants can be monoecious or dioecious. They are distributed in Southeast Asia, Malesia and Australia. Taxonomy In a 2006 revision of the Phyllanthaceae, it was recommended that ''Sauropus'' be subsumed in ''Phyllanthus''; however, new combinations in ''Phyllanthus'' for former ''Sauropus'' species remain to be published. Description ''Sauropus'' species have alternate, entire leaves with short petioles and small stipules. Flowers appear at axils and mainly form clusters. There are 6 perianth segments divided in 2 whorls, with female flowers often having bigger perianths. At male flowers, the perianth is tube-like, with 3 stamen. The fruit is berry-like, ovoid or globose, and fleshy. Species include *'' Sauropus albiflorus'' *'' Sauropus amabilis'' *''Sauropus amoebiflorous'' *''Sauropus androgynus'' - star gooseberry, katuk *''Saurop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sauropus Bacciformis
The genus ''Sauropus'', of the family Phyllanthaceae, comprises about 40 species of herbs, shrubs or subshrubs, sometimes with woody bases. These plants can be monoecious or dioecious. They are distributed in Southeast Asia, Malesia and Australia. Taxonomy In a 2006 revision of the Phyllanthaceae, it was recommended that ''Sauropus'' be subsumed in ''Phyllanthus''; however, new combinations in ''Phyllanthus'' for former ''Sauropus'' species remain to be published. Description ''Sauropus'' species have alternate, entire leaves with short petioles and small stipules. Flowers appear at axils and mainly form clusters. There are 6 perianth segments divided in 2 whorls, with female flowers often having bigger perianths. At male flowers, the perianth is tube-like, with 3 stamen. The fruit is berry-like, ovoid or globose, and fleshy. Species include *''Sauropus albiflorus'' *''Sauropus amabilis'' *''Sauropus amoebiflorous'' *''Sauropus androgynus'' - star gooseberry, katuk *''Sauropus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sauropus Androgynus
''Sauropus androgynus'', also known as katuk, star gooseberry, or sweet leaf, is a shrub grown in some tropical regions as a leaf vegetable. Its multiple upright stems can reach 2.5 meters high and bear dark green oval leaves 5–6 cm long. It is a good source of vitamin K. However, a study has suggested that excessive consumption of juiced Katuk leaves (due to its popularity for body weight control in Taiwan in the mid '90s) can cause lung damage, due to its high concentrations of the alkaloid papaverine. It also has high level of provitamin A carotenoids, especially in freshly picked leaves, as well as high levels of vitamins B and C, protein and minerals. The more the leaves mature, the higher the nutrient content of the leaves. It is common in evergreen forest and cultivated up to 1,300 m. Cultural usage It is one of the most popular leafy vegetables in South and Southeast Asia and is notable for high yields and palatability. Indonesia In Indonesia, the fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sauropus Arenosus
''Sauropus arenosus'' is a plant in the family Phyllanthaceae, native to Western Australia and the Northern Territory.''Sauropus arenosus'' occurrence data from the It is a spreading shrub growing from 0.5 to 1 m high. Its yellow-green/red-pink flowers may be seen in May. Distribution and habitat In Western Australia it is found growing on red sand dunes in the |
Sauropus Assimilis
''Sauropus assimilis'' is an extremely rare species of plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is a tree growing in wet evergreen forests in lowlands. Endemic to southwestern Sri Lanka, and only known from the Sinharaja Biosphere Reserve there, evidence of its existence was last catalogued before 1991 (in a survey held between 1991 and 1996 by the National Conservation Review of Sri Lanka), and it has not been found since then. It may since have become extinct. ''Sauropus assimilis'' was first collected for scientific examination and classification from Allagalla, in the Central Province of Sri Lanka, at an elevation of 3000 feet, by botanist George Henry Kendrick Thwaites. This high elevation, when compared with where it has been found more recently, would seem to indicate that the historic range of ''S. assimilis'' is much broader than it stands today. Thwaites described and published this species for the first time in 1861. The specific epithet "''assimilis''" is Latin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllanthaceae
Phyllanthaceae is a family of flowering plants in the eudicot order Malpighiales. It is most closely related to the family Picrodendraceae.Kenneth J. Wurdack and Charles C. Davis. 2009. "Malpighiales phylogenetics: Gaining ground on one of the most recalcitrant clades in the angiosperm tree of life." ''American Journal of Botany'' 96(8):1551-1570. (see ''External links'' below) The Phyllanthaceae are most numerous in the tropics, with many in the south temperate zone, and a few ranging as far north as the middle of the north temperate zone.Petra Hoffman. 2007. "Phyllanthaceae" pages 250-252. In: Vernon H. Heywood, Richard K. Brummitt, Ole Seberg, and Alastair Culham. ''Flowering Plant Families of the World.'' Firefly Books: Ontario, Canada. . Some species of '' Andrachne'', ''Antidesma'', ''Margaritaria'', and ''Phyllanthus'' are in cultivation.Anthony J. Huxley, Mark Griffiths, and Margot Levy (editors). 1992. ''The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening.'' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wight
Robert Wight Doctor of Medicine, MD Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS Linnean Society of London, FLS (6 July 1796 – 26 May 1872) was a Scottish surgeon in the East India Company, whose professional career was spent entirely in southern India, where his greatest achievements were in botany – as an economic botanist and leading taxonomist in south India. He contributed to the introduction of Gossypium barbadense, American cotton. As a taxonomist he described 110 new genera and 1267 new species of flowering plants. He employed Indian botanical artists to illustrate many plants collected by himself and Indian collectors he trained. Some of these illustrations were published by William Jackson Hooker, William Hooker in Britain, but from 1838 he published a series of illustrated works in Madras including the uncoloured, six-volume ''Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis'' (1838–53) and two hand-coloured, two-volume works, the ''Illustrations of Indian Botany'' (1838–50) and ''Spic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petiole (botany)
In botany, the petiole () is the stalk that attaches the leaf blade to the stem, and is able to twist the leaf to face the sun. This gives a characteristic foliage arrangement to the plant. Outgrowths appearing on each side of the petiole in some species are called stipules. Leaves with a petiole are said to be petiolate, while leaves lacking a petiole are called sessile or apetiolate. Description The petiole is a stalk that attaches a leaf to the plant stem. In petiolate leaves, the leaf stalk may be long, as in the leaves of celery and rhubarb, or short. When completely absent, the blade attaches directly to the stem and is said to be sessile. Subpetiolate leaves have an extremely short petiole, and may appear sessile. The broomrape family Orobanchaceae is an example of a family in which the leaves are always sessile. In some other plant groups, such as the speedwell genus '' Veronica'', petiolate and sessile leaves may occur in different species. In the grasses (Poaceae), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
