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Aphananthe is a small genus of evergreen trees in the family Cannabaceae. Around six species are recognised, found in Korea, Japan, Madagascar, South-east Asia, Mexico, Central America, and Australia. Leaves are alternate on the stem and toothed. Flowers are unisexual, fruit form as drupes. The generic name of Aphananthe refers to insignificant flowers. Species include Aphananthe aspera and Aphananthe philippinensis.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderRosales
  5. FamilyCannabaceae
Observations recorded9,957

Aphananthe es un género de plantas perteneciente a la familia Cannabaceae, anteriormente se consideraban ulmáceas. Comprende 10 especies descritas y de estas, solo 4 aceptadas.[1]​ Índice 1 Descripción 2 Taxonomía 3 Especies aceptadas 4 Referencias Descripción Son árboles inermes, que alcanzan un tamaño de 6–30 m de alto; con ramas delgadas, estrigosas con tricomas blancos; plantas monoicas. Hojas angostamente ovadas, 4.5–15 cm de largo y 0.8–4.2 cm de ancho, ápice largamente acuminado y aristado, base redondeada a ampliamente atenuada, gruesamente serradas, delgadas, coriáceas, pinnatinervias, esencialmente glabras en la haz, estrigosas en el envés; estípulas laterales de 2–4 mm de largo, caducas, estrigosas. Inflorescencias axilares, las pistiladas formadas de flores solitarias o una cima simple cerca del ápice del tallo, las estaminadas cimosas, cerca de la base de los tallos jóvenes; flores estaminadas con perianto 4–5-lobado, 1–2 mm de largo, unidos en la base, estrigosos, estambres 4–5, pistilodio ausente, anteras con dehiscencia longitudinal; flores pistiladas con perianto 4–5-lobado, ovario sésil, ramas del estilo 2, lineares. Frutos drupas subglobosas a ovoides, ca 1.2 cm

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
17
With media
4
Family
Cannabaceae
Collections
UF, POM, MEL, NY, BPBM, BRIT
Recorded in
United States, Philippines, The, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Japan, Sri Lanka

Wikidata facts

Instance of
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Parent taxon
Cannabaceae
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Native Elm Wingham Brush.jpg
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taxon name
Aphananthe
taxon rank
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topic's main category
Category:Aphananthe
Commons category
Aphananthe
taxon common name
糙叶树属
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Aphananthe is a small genus of evergreen trees in the family Cannabaceae. Around six species are recognised, found in Korea, Japan, Madagascar, South-east Asia, Mexico, Central America, and Australia. Leaves are alternate on the stem and toothed. Flowers are unisexual, fruit form as drupes. The generic name of Aphananthe refers to insignificant flowers. Species include Aphananthe aspera and Aphananthe philippinensis.

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aphananthe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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