The leaves are simple, mostly alternate, and usually stipulate. Jujube, a delicious fruit, is an effective herbal remedy improving stamina and muscular strength and aids weight gain 1. The genus ziziphus belongs to the rhamnaceae family which consists of about 100 species of deciduous or evergreen. Lu z, sun y 2019 rhamnella brachycarparhamnaceae, a new species from hainan island, china. California wild lilac blue blossom rhamnaceae buckthorn family flowers. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in. This template is maintained by wikiproject stub sorting, an attempt to bring some sort of order to wikipedia.
Rhamnaceae is included in the order rosales the family contains about 55 genera and 950 species. The flowers are actinomorphic, commonly small and greenish, and nearly always bisexual. The herbaria consulted are north american, except that of the royal botanic gardens, kew. The rhamnaceae are mainly trees or shrubs, sometimes twining or climbing, comprising about 55 genera and 900 species.
Rhamnaceae synonyms, rhamnaceae pronunciation, rhamnaceae translation, english dictionary definition of rhamnaceae. Species of rhamnaceae contained within the plant list belong to 52 plant genera. Rhamnaceae trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value buckthorn family, family rhamnaceae dicot family. Plant trees, shrubs or climbers, climbing by hooks or tendrils. In most of these herbaria the south american species are poorly represented. Helinus mystachinus is a woody climber under rhamnaceae family. May 06, 2009 pages in category rhamnaceae this category contains only the following page. It also contains two highly invasive nonnative buckthorns, both of which are prohibited in new york. Pest alert phytophthora tentaculata sudden oak death. Members are trees and shrubs often thorny, sometimes lianas, rarely. A large, cosmopolitan family of mostly trees and shrubs with inconspicuous white or green flowers. Fossil evidence from the late cretaceous to the present suggests it once had a broad geographic distribution, encompassing parts of india, north america, asia, and europe.
In the last decade, the fossil record of rhamnaceae has grown. The bark, leaves, and fruit of several species of rhamnus have been used as. The family contains about 55 genera and 950 species. The biogeography of rhamnaceae is discussed with reference to the molecular trees. Information from its description page there is shown below. Return to the vascular plant image library entry page or search the library index. The buckthorn rhamnaceae family of plants is made up of about 55 genera and at least 900 species. Leaves simple, usually alternate, entire or toothed. Rhamnaceae as well as suffrutescent perennials such as sticky monkey flower diplacus aurantiacus. Leaves simple, petiolate, alternate or opposite, pinnately veined or 35veined, entire to serrate, sometimes much reduced. The genera of rhamnaceae in the southeastern united states. Family rhamnaceae definition of family rhamnaceae by the.
Inflorescence mostly cymose or racemose, or flowers in axillary clusters or solitary. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Members of rhamnaceae, or the buckthorn family, are characterized by woodiness, stamens male alternating with sepals opposite petals, when present, a disk of tissue developing under or around the ovary, and joined bases of flower parts that form a cup hypanthium surrounding the ovary. All are shrubs of which two are common frangula alnus and rhamnus catharticus in the area. Carsten schirarend2 1 institute of botany, chinese academy of sciences, 20 nanxincun, xiangshan, beijing 93, peoples republic of china. Plants of the buckthorn family if you find a dicot shrub or small tree with visibly threeparted capsules or berries, then it is likely a member of the buckthorn family. Pdf deciduous or evergreen, often thorny trees, shrubs, woody climbers or lianes, rarely herbs. Rhamnaceae is a large family of flowering plants, mostly trees, shrubs, and some vines, commonly called the buckthorn family. It strengthens liver function and increases immune system resistance 1. If you would like to participate, you can choose to improveexpand the articles containing this stub notice, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. The plant is distributed throughout ethiopia, uganda, somalia and other east african countries 4. Uncertainties persist in the delineation of tribes and genera within the cosmopolitan and species. Rhamnaceae definition is a widely distributed family order rhamnales of thorny shrubs and trees having undivided stipulate leaves and cymose flowers with the stamens opposite the petals and a superior ovary that becomes a 3celled capsule or a drupe.
Rhamnaceae botanical illustrations wikimedia commons. Gouania rhamnaceae in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. In this family, the identification of tribes and genera largely depends on combinations of traits rather than single synapomorphies, diagnostic morphological features being often shared among several clades. Rhamnaceae definition of rhamnaceae by the free dictionary. In europe and china, known susceptible species include. The family of rhamnaceae comprises 58 genera with about 900 species worldwide heywood, 1993. Isolation and characterization of natural products from. India dispersal of paliurus rhamnaceae indicated by. Information on california plants for education, research and conservation. Nov, 2015 uncertainties persist in the delineation of tribes and genera within the cosmopolitan and species. Leaves alternate, fascicled, clustered, or opposite, simple. A phylogenetic analysis of rhamnaceae using rbcl and trnl.
Classification for kingdom plantae down to family rhamnaceae. Paliurus rhamnaceae is a small genus with a narrow and disjunct distribution in east asia and the mediterranean. It functions as antidote, diuretic, emollient and expectorant 23. The vast majority of those species are either erect or climbing shrubs or trees, though a few. The genus rhamnidium is in the family rhamnaceae in the major group angiosperms flowering plants. About the classification report about the classification download. For corrections or comments relating to specific images, please contact image contributors. Revision of condalia including microrhamnus rhamnaceae. This page was machinegenerated by the program imao1. As ramnaceas tem distribuicao cosmopolita, mas sao mais comuns nas regioes tropicais e subtropicais. Rhamnaceae based on morphological evidence is presented. Phylogenetic relationships within the cosmopolitan buckthorn family rhamnaceae support the resurrection of sarcomphalus and the description of pseudoziziphus gen.
Condaliopsis species were transferred to one of two genera, ziziphus or condalia, but some authors. For example, the family rhamnaceae is characterized by small, actinomorphic, pentamerous flowers. In northwest europe two genera occur with a total of four species tutin, 1968. The rhamnaceae have a worldwide distribution, but are more common in the subtropical and tropical regions. The foamy, white, greenish or even blue spray of flowers of the ceanothus is also hard to miss, when in season. Ziziphus hutchinsonii is a species of tree in the family rhamnaceae. Pages in category rhamnaceae this category contains only the following page. A phylogenetic analysis of rhamnaceae using rbcl and trnlf. A revision of the genus gouania rhamnaceae in the philippines and sundaland. See status, confidence level, source for definitions. A list of all accepted names in rhamnaceae is available in csv format.
Nesom shrubs, trees, or woody vines, herbs, annual or perennial, evergreen or deciduous, synoecious, dioecious, or polygamous monoecious, sometimes armed with thorns or stipular spines. The calyx is generally 5lobed, typically arising from a perigynous or. The plant list includes 2,892 scientific plant names of species rank for the family rhamnaceae. Rhamnaceae article about rhamnaceae by the free dictionary. Shrubs and trees, sometimes intertwined and climbing in juvenile stages, or rarely herbs. Helinus mystachinus is one of an ethno medicinal plant used by the shinasha people ethiopia and its root is used as antimalra and antiabdominal pain 5. Their stipules are often modified into tendrils or hooked spines. Deciduous or evergreen, often thorny trees, shrubs, woody. The rhamnaceae buckthorn family in new york contains three species of native shrubs two new jersey tea and one buckthorn species. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 3. A taxonomic family within the order rosales the buckthorns and relatives. The specimens of this new species have previously been identified and placed. Phylogenetic relationships within the cosmopolitan buckthorn.
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