Schoepfia

<<<<Drupes>Seeds>Embryo>Endosperm>Texture

fleshy1

1. 003-004-002-001-001

<<<Drupes>Seeds>Embryo>Endosperm

apex of the endosperm which contains fatty substances, and little or no amylum2

2. 003-004-002-001

<<<Flowers>Base>Shape>Bracteole number

23

3. 002-002-001-001

<<<Flowers>Base>Shape>Lobe number

3-lobed4

4. 002-002-001-002

<<<Flowers>Ovary>Style>Shape

slender, in the dolichostylous form as long as the corolla tube and with a well developed stigma, in the brachystylous form half as long5

5. 002-007-002-001

<<<Flowers>Petals>Shape>Relative distance

half or 2/36

6. 002-004-002-001

<<<Flowers>Stamens>Anthers>Cell number

2-celled7

7. 002-005-003-001

<<<Flowers>Stamens>Filaments>Shape

slender8

8. 002-005-002-001

<<Drupes>Endocarp>Shape

striate lengthwise9

9. 003-003-002

<<Drupes>Endocarp>Texture

pergamentaceous to crustaceous10

10. 003-003-001

<<Drupes>Epicarp>Texture

fleshy11

11. 003-002-001

<<Drupes>Seeds>Embryo

embryo at .12

12. 003-004-002

<<Drupes>Seeds>Seed number

113

13. 003-004-001

<<Flowers>Base>Shape

bract and bracteoles at apex of pedicel more or less united into a small acutely epicalyx14

14. 002-002-001

<<Flowers>Calyx>Shape

adnate to the cup-shaped truncate flower-axis15

15. 002-003-001

<<Flowers>Disk>Texture

fleshy16

16. 002-006-001

<<Flowers>Ovary>Locule number

3-locular below, 1-locular above17

17. 002-007-001

<<Flowers>Ovary>Stigma

the stigma then a little below the anthers and smaller.18

18. 002-007-003

<<Flowers>Ovary>Style

style ,19

19. 002-007-002

<<Flowers>Petals>Free lobes

free lobes revolute20

20. 002-004-004

<<Flowers>Petals>Hairs

with a tuft of hairs inside behind each anther21

21. 002-004-003

<<Flowers>Petals>Petal number

(3-)4-5(-6)22

22. 002-004-001

<<Flowers>Petals>Shape

fused in the lower into a tube23

23. 002-004-002

<<Flowers>Spikes>Position

axillary24

24. 002-001-001

<<Flowers>Stamens>Anthers

anthers ;25

25. 002-005-003

<<Flowers>Stamens>Filaments

the filaments adnate to the corolla tube for nearly their full length26

26. 002-005-002

<<Flowers>Stamens>Stamen number

as many as petals27

27. 002-005-001

<Drupes>Endocarp

endocarp , ;28

28. 003-003

<Drupes>Epicarp

epicarp originating from the somewhat accrescent flower-axis, thin,29

29. 003-002

<Drupes>Seeds

seed ,30

30. 003-004

<Drupes>Shape

subtended by the persistent epicalyx, crowned by the remains of the calyx and disc31

31. 003-001

<Flowers>Base

base of inflorescence set with a few small imbricate persistent bracts, ;32

32. 002-002

<Flowers>Calyx

calyx inconspicuous, i.e. ;33

33. 002-003

<Flowers>Disk

disc epigynous, annular, ;34

34. 002-006

<Flowers>Ovary

upper half of the ovary superior, included by the disc, lower half within the flower-axis, ,35

35. 002-007

<Flowers>Petals

petals , , , ;36

36. 002-004

<Flowers>Spikes

in short fascicled spikes37

37. 002-001

<Flowers>Stamens

stamens , epipetalous, ,38

38. 002-005

Description

Glabrous shrubs or low trees. Flowers often dimorphous and heterostylous, fragrant, in short axillary fascicled spikes, base of inflorescence set with a few small imbricate persistent bracts, bract and 2 bracteoles at apex of pedicel more or less united into a small acutely 3-lobed epicalyx; calyx inconspicuous, i.e. adnate to the cup-shaped truncate flower-axis; petals (3-)4-5(-6), fused in the lower half or 2/3 into a tube, with a tuft of hairs inside behind each anther, free lobes revolute; stamens as many as petals, epipetalous, the slender filaments adnate to the corolla tube for nearly their full length, anthers 2-celled; disc epigynous, annular, fleshy; upper half of the ovary superior, included by the disc, lower half within the flower-axis, 3-locular below, 1-locular above, style slender, in the dolichostylous form as long as the corolla tube and with a well developed stigma, in the brachystylous form half as long, the stigma then a little below the anthers and smaller. Drupe subtended by the persistent epicalyx, crowned by the remains of the calyx and disc, epicarp originating from the somewhat accrescent flower-axis, thin, fleshy, endocarp pergamentaceous to crustaceous, striate lengthwise; seed 1, embryo at apex of the fleshy endosperm which contains fatty substances, and little or no amylum.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, C and S America present, Surinam present, tropical Asia present

23 species, 4 in tropical Asia/Malesia, the others in C and S America, 1 of these occurs in Surinam.

Drupes

Drupe , ,39

39. 003

Flowers

Flowers often dimorphous and heterostylous, fragrant, ,40

40. 002

Habit

Glabrous shrubs or low trees.41

41. 001

Notes

Root-parasitism is known only in S. schreberi, but may be expected in other species as well.

Wood

Vessels diffuse or in a faint oblique or radial pattern, solitary (12-50%) and in radial or tangential multiples of 2-3, round, oval or angular, 17-75 per sq. mm, diameter 42-72 μm. Vessel-member length: 82-190 μm. Perforations simple. Intervascular pits alternate, round to polygonal, 2-4 μm. Vessel-ray and vessel-parenchyma pits of two types: half-bordered diffuse to alternate (similar in shape and size to inter-vessel pits) and large and simple. Vessel-members storied together with the paratracheal axial parenchyma cells. Tyloses infrequently present in some specimens. Vascular tracheids associated with vessel multiples, sometimes integrating with narrow vessel elements, common.
Rays homogeneous, rarely tending to Kribs' heterogeneous type III, 1-3 seriate, 5-9 per mm, up to 322 μm high. Perforated ray cells infrequently present.
Parenchyma abundant, paratracheal, in an aliform-confluent pattern or in continuous paratracheal bands of 2-7 cells wide, storied, partly scanty apotracheal, diffuse and in small aggregates, mostly fusiform, rarely in strands of 2-3 cells.
Ground tissue composed of thick-walled libriform fibres, lumen 11-16 μm. Minutely bordered pits with slit-like apertures mainly confined to the radial walls. Length: 410-695 μm.

Wood observation species

S. brasiliensis, S. californica, S. schreberi

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