Curtisia dentata

Curtisia dentata
	Curtisia dentata
Systematics
	Nuclear eudicotyledons
	Asterids
Order :	Dogwood-like (Cornales)
Family :	Curtisiaceae
Genre :	Curtisia
Type :	Curtisia dentata
Scientific name of the family
	Curtisiaceae
	( Engl. ) Takht.
Scientific name of the genus
	Curtisia
	Aiton
Scientific name of the species
	Curtisia dentata
	( Burm. F. ) CASm.

Curtisia dentata is the only species of the monotypical genus Curtisia and the plant family of Curtisiaceae within the order of the dogwood-like (Cornales). It is common in southern Africa from Mozambique and Zimbabwe to South Africa.

description

Curtisia dentata with fruits

Curtisia species are evergreen , medium-sized trees (18 meters). The opposite leaves are simple, leathery and have a serrated leaf edge. Stipules are missing.

Many flowers are grouped together in differently designed inflorescences . The hermaphroditic flowers are radial symmetry and four-fold. The four sepals are fused. There is only one circle with four fertile stamens . Four carpels have become an under constant ovary fused with a stylus and a four-lobed stigma.

A bitter stone fruit is formed with a core that consists of four seeds.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 26.

Occurrence

It is common in southern Africa from Mozambique and Zimbabwe to South Africa. It occurs in the South African provinces of Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Limpopo. It thrives in evergreen forests from the coast up to an altitude of 1800 meters from the Cape Peninsula to the Zimbabwe-Mozambique highlands.

Systematics

The genus Curtisia was established in 1789 by William Aiton . The botanical genus name Curtisia honors William Curtis , the founder of Botanical Magazine .

There is only one species in the genus Curtisia and therefore in the family:

Curtisia dentata (Burm. F.) CASm. ( Syn . : Curtisia faginea Ait. , Curtisia fagifolia Salisb. )

Few authors see Curtisia faginea Ait. as a separate species.

The closest related is the Grubbiaceae family .

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The Curtisiaceae family on the AP website. (Sections systematics and description)
The Curtisiaceae family at DELTA. (Section description)

Individual evidence

^ Curtisia dentata at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
↑ Species list for Curtisia in the Red List of South African Plants
^ Curtisiaceae in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Curtisia. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved February 2, 2015.

Web links

Commons : Curtisia - collection of images, videos and audio files

Curtisia dentata at PlantZAfrica.com .
Entry in the Flora of Zimbabwe . (engl.)
Curtisia dentata at BoDD - Botanical Dermatology Database (engl.)

[IPCN-1] Curtisia dentata at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[RedListSA-2] Species list for Curtisia in the Red List of South African Plants

[GRIN-3] Curtisiaceae in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.

[WCSP-4] Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Curtisia. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved February 2, 2015.