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Ardisia

Genus of flowering plants

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These are trees, shrubs, and subshrubs. Most have alternately arranged leaves. Flowers are borne in many forms of inflorescence. The flowers have usually 4 or 5 green sepals and a bell-shaped corolla of usually 4 or 5 white or pink petals. The fruit is a somewhat fleshy drupe. The defining characteristic of the genus is the small tube formed at the center of the flower by the stamens, which are joined at their bases.

Several Ardisia species are the sources of the chemical compounds known as ardisiaquinones.

Species

Selected species include:

  • Ardisia amplexicaulis Bedd.
  • Ardisia blatteri Gamble
  • Ardisia brittonii Stearn
  • Ardisia byrsonimae Stearn
  • Ardisia crenata Sims
  • Ardisia crispa (Thunb.) A.DC.
  • Ardisia costaricensis Lundell
  • Ardisia darienensis Lundell
  • Ardisia dukei Lundell
  • Ardisia elliptica Thunb.
  • Ardisia escallonioides Schltdl. & Cham.
  • Ardisia etindensis Taton
  • Ardisia fendleri Lundell
  • Ardisia flavida Pipoly
  • Ardisia furfuracella Standl.
  • Ardisia gardneri C.B.Clarke
  • Ardisia geniculata Lundell
  • Ardisia glomerata Lundell
  • Ardisia hagenii Lundell
  • Ardisia helferiana Kurz.
  • Ardisia humilis Vahl
  • Ardisia jamaicensis Lundell
  • Ardisia jefeana Lundell
  • Ardisia koupensis Taton
  • Ardisia maxonii Standl.
  • Ardisia opaca Lundell
  • Ardisia panamensis Lundell
  • Ardisia premontana Pipoly
  • Ardisia pulverulenta Mez
  • Ardisia scheryi Lundell
  • Ardisia schlechteri Gilg
  • Ardisia scortechinii King & Gamble
  • Ardisia solanacea Roxb.
  • Ardisia solida B.C.Stone
  • Ardisia sonchifolia Mez
  • Ardisia standleyana P.H.Allen
  • Ardisia subsessilifolia Lundell
  • Ardisia urbanii Stearn
  • Ardisia websteri Pipoly
  • Ardisia willisii Mez

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