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| taxon = Licaria
| taxon = Licaria
| authority = [[Aubl.]]
| authority = [[Aubl.]]
| subdivision = See text.
| subdivision = See text
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="POWO"/>
| synonyms =
| synonyms =
* ''Acrodiclidium'' <small>[[Nees]] & [[Mart.]]</small>
* ''Acrodiclidium'' <small>[[Nees]] & [[Mart.]]</small>
* ''Chanekia'' <small>[[Cyrus Longworth Lundell|Lundell]]</small>
* ''Chanekia'' <small>[[Cyrus Longworth Lundell|Lundell]]</small>
* ''NEvonymodaphne'' <small>Nees</small>
* ''Gamanthera'' <small>{{ill|Henk van der Werff|nl|lt=van der Werff}}</small>
* ''Gamanthera'' <small>{{ill|Henk van der Werff|nl|lt=van der Werff}}</small>
* ''Misanteca'' <small>[[Schltdl.]] & [[Cham.]]</small>
* ''Misanteca'' <small>[[Schltdl.]] & [[Cham.]]</small>
* ''Nobeliodendron'' <small>[[O.C.Schmidt]]</small>
* ''Nobeliodendron'' <small>[[O.C.Schmidt]]</small>
* ''NSymphysodaphne'' <small>A.Rich.</small>
* ''NTriplomeia'' <small>Raf.</small>
}}
}}


'''''Licaria''''' is a [[flowering plant]] [[genus]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Lauraceae]], [[Endemism|endemic]] to Central America and South America. It is a Neotropical genus with near of 40 species.
'''''Licaria''''' is a [[flowering plant]] [[genus]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Lauraceae]], native to Central America and South America. It is a Neotropical genus with around 80 species.


==Overview==
==Overview==
Licaria is a Neotropical genus consisting of 38-40 species distributed from southern Florida, Mexico to the south of Brazil and Bolivia. In Brazil, the occurrence of 20 species and two subspecies, mostly in the Amazon region (Kurz 2000). These [[tree]]s have a resilient wood, useful as [[timber]], for construction and as [[firewood]]. In the State of Rio de Janeiro are two recognized species: L. armeniaca (Nees) Kosterm. and L. Aubl guianensis.
''Licaria'' is a Neotropical genus consisting of about 80 species distributed from southern Florida, Mexico to the south of Brazil and Bolivia. In Brazil, the occurrence of 20 species and two subspecies, mostly in the Amazon region (Kurz 2000). These [[tree]]s have a resilient wood, useful as [[timber]], for construction and as [[firewood]].


== Description ==
== Description ==
They are evergreen monoecious, [[hermaphrodite]], [[tree]]s or rarely [[shrub|bushes]]. Leaves lax at the apex of the branches, without papillae on the abaxial epidermis of the leaves. The leaves are alternate or opposite but rarely opposite, entire, subcoriaceous in some species of Central America as Nicaragua, glabrous on the upper, glabrous or pubescent on the underside, pinnatinervium. Flowers in panicles terminating in a top. The [[inflorescence]]s in axillary, [[paniculata]] so capitated, the [[tepal]]s generally the same, with three stamens, the anthers exserted or included at anthesis, filaments free or fused.
They are evergreen monoecious, [[hermaphrodite]], [[tree]]s or rarely [[shrub|bushes]]. Leaves lax at the apex of the branches, without papillae on the abaxial epidermis of the leaves. The leaves are alternate or opposite but rarely opposite, entire, subcoriaceous in some species of Central America as Nicaragua, glabrous on the upper, glabrous or pubescent on the underside, pinnatinervium. Flowers in panicles terminating in a top. The [[inflorescence]]s in axillary, [[paniculata]] so capitated, the [[tepal]]s generally the same, with three stamens, the anthers exserted or included at anthesis, filaments free or fused.

Flowers monoclinic with hypanthium urceolate, not depressed below the tepals, tepals 6, generally erect, equal inner surface without papillae. Androecium with three stamens fertile, filaments generally the same width as anthers or more slender, anthers bilocelares: 1st and 2nd series with stamens absent or transformed into staminodes; third grade with 3 stamens, a pair of glands at the base of fiaments present, reduced, never fused, or absent, anthers introrse or extrorse-apical; estaminodial fourth grade absent or rarely present with 3 staminodes. The [[fruit]] is a [[berry (botany)|berry]] with deciduous tepals.
Flowers monoclinic with hypanthium urceolate, not depressed below the tepals, tepals 6, generally erect, equal inner surface without papillae. Androecium with three stamens fertile, filaments generally the same width as anthers or more slender, anthers bilocelares: 1st and 2nd series with stamens absent or transformed into staminodes; third grade with 3 stamens, a pair of glands at the base of fiaments present, reduced, never fused, or absent, anthers introrse or extrorse-apical; estaminodial fourth grade absent or rarely present with 3 staminodes. The [[fruit]] is a [[berry (botany)|berry]] with deciduous tepals.


==Species==
==Species==
Species accepted by the [[Plants of the World Online]] as of 2022:<ref name=POWO>{{cite web |url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21439-1 |title=''Licaria'' Aubl. |date=2022 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>
Species accepted by the [[Plants of the World Online]] as of 2022:<ref name=POWO/>
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*''[[Licaria agglomerata]]'' {{small|van der Werff}}
*''[[Licaria agglomerata]]'' {{small|van der Werff}}
*''[[Licaria alata]]'' {{small|Miranda}}
*''[[Licaria alata]]'' {{small|Miranda}}
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=POWO>{{cite web |url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21439-1 |title=''Licaria'' Aubl. |date=2022 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>
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H. Kurz. Fortpflanzungsbiologie einiger Gattungen neotropischer Lauraceen und Revision der Gattung Licaria. Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde des Fachbereichs Biologie. Universität Hamburg, Hamburg. 1983.
H. Kurz. Fortpflanzungsbiologie einiger Gattungen neotropischer Lauraceen und Revision der Gattung Licaria. Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde des Fachbereichs Biologie. Universität Hamburg, Hamburg. 1983.



Revision as of 19:13, 26 October 2022

Licaria
Licaria triandra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Licaria
Aubl.
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]

Licaria is a flowering plant genus in the family Lauraceae, native to Central America and South America. It is a Neotropical genus with around 80 species.

Overview

Licaria is a Neotropical genus consisting of about 80 species distributed from southern Florida, Mexico to the south of Brazil and Bolivia. In Brazil, the occurrence of 20 species and two subspecies, mostly in the Amazon region (Kurz 2000). These trees have a resilient wood, useful as timber, for construction and as firewood.

Description

They are evergreen monoecious, hermaphrodite, trees or rarely bushes. Leaves lax at the apex of the branches, without papillae on the abaxial epidermis of the leaves. The leaves are alternate or opposite but rarely opposite, entire, subcoriaceous in some species of Central America as Nicaragua, glabrous on the upper, glabrous or pubescent on the underside, pinnatinervium. Flowers in panicles terminating in a top. The inflorescences in axillary, paniculata so capitated, the tepals generally the same, with three stamens, the anthers exserted or included at anthesis, filaments free or fused.

Flowers monoclinic with hypanthium urceolate, not depressed below the tepals, tepals 6, generally erect, equal inner surface without papillae. Androecium with three stamens fertile, filaments generally the same width as anthers or more slender, anthers bilocelares: 1st and 2nd series with stamens absent or transformed into staminodes; third grade with 3 stamens, a pair of glands at the base of fiaments present, reduced, never fused, or absent, anthers introrse or extrorse-apical; estaminodial fourth grade absent or rarely present with 3 staminodes. The fruit is a berry with deciduous tepals.

Species

Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of 2022:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Licaria Aubl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.

H. Kurz. Fortpflanzungsbiologie einiger Gattungen neotropischer Lauraceen und Revision der Gattung Licaria. Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde des Fachbereichs Biologie. Universität Hamburg, Hamburg. 1983.