Class
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Eriobotrya Lindl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 96, 102 (1822)
Description
Evergreen, unarmed shrubs or small trees; stems spreading, brown-tomentose when young. Lvs usually clustered towards branchlet tips, sessile or short-petiolate, large, simple, serrate or rarely entire; stipules usually small, deciduous. Infl. a terminal, broadly pyramidal panicle, usually tomentose. Fls 5-merous, ☿, small, shortly pedicellate. Hypanthium tubular, closed at apex. Epicalyx 0. Calyx of 5 persistent sepals. Petals suborbicular, spreading to erect, white or cream. Stamens (15)–20–(40). Ovary inferior or semi-inferior; carpels 2–5; styles 2–5, fused at base; ovules paired in each locule. Fr. a moderately-sized to large fleshy pome, ovoid to ellipsoid or globular, with persistent calyx lobes; carpel walls leathery; seeds 1-few, large.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Lindley, J. 1822: Observations on the Natural Group of Plants called Pomaceae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13: 88–106.
Liu, B-B.; Wang, Y-B.; Hong, D-Y.; Wen, J. 2020: A synopsis of the expanded Rhaphiolepis (Maleae, Rosaceae). PhytoKeys 154: 19–55.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
