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Saurauia

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Saurauia

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Saurauia is a genus of plants in the family Actinidiaceae. It comprises about over 300 species distributed in the tropics and subtropics of Asia and South and Central America. Genetic evidence and the cell biology of the group support monophyly of the genus. Monophyly of the genus is also supported by micromorphological characters and by phylogenetic analysis, although the exact evolutionary relationships of Saurauia with the other two genera of the Actinidiaceae, Actinidia and Clematoclethra, are not well understood. It is also the only extant genus within its family whose natural distributio

Species

Oldham's Saurauia

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderEricales
  5. FamilyActinidiaceae
Native toAndaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica
Observations5,041
Observations recorded54,455

Saurauia ist eine Pflanzengattung in der Familie der Strahlengriffelgewächse (Actinidiaceae). Der Gattungsname ehrt den österreichischen Adligen und Politiker Franz Josef Graf Saurau (1760–1832).

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Specimen records
6,874
With media
5,600
Family
Actinidiaceae
Collections
ECOSUR, CICY, INECOL, UNICACH, USNM, CAS
Recorded in
Mexico, United States, China, Philippines
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Saurauia is a genus of plants in the family Actinidiaceae. It comprises about over 300 species distributed in the tropics and subtropics of Asia and South and Central America. Genetic evidence and the cell biology of the group support monophyly of the genus. Monophyly of the genus is also supported by micromorphological characters and by phylogenetic analysis, although the exact evolutionary relationships of Saurauia with the other two genera of the Actinidiaceae, Actinidia and Clematoclethra, are not well understood. It is also the only extant genus within its family whose natural distribution includes areas outside of Asia (tropical South and Central America).

==Description== The floral characteristics of Saurauia are similar to those in the other members of the Actinidiaceae. The main floral differences between Saurauia and the other members are that the species of Saurauia have 3-5 carpels while Actinidia has 3-30 or more and Clematoclethra has 4 or 5. Also, Saurauia is the only genus in the Actinidiaceae whose members may be monoecious or functionally dioecious.

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