特徵描述
作者
LlAO, JIH CHING
型態特徵
Evergreen rarely deciduous trees, shrubs or vines, often aromatic. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, simple, usually coriaceous, sometimes membranaceous, punctate, exstipulate. Inflorescences various, such as umbels, racemes, panicles or cymose-panicles; flowers actinomorphic, bisexual or unisexual, yellow or greenish; calyx usually 6-parted, the segments in 2 whorls; petals 0; stamens in 3-4, rarely more, whorls of 3, some often reduced to staminodia, perigynous or epigynous, anthers 2- or 4-celled, rarely 3-celled, opening by uplifting valves; ovary usually superior and free, rarely inferior, 1-celled, 1-ovuled, style filiform. Fruits berries or drupes, indhiscent; seed 1.
屬
Widely distributed in the tropics, especially in S. E. Asia and Brazil, and a smaller number in temperate regions. About 45 genera and 2,250 species; about 20 genera, 423 species, 43 varieties and 5 forms in mainland China; 13 genera, 60 species, 12 varieties and 2 forms in Taiwan (including 9 species and 1 variety introduced); a few genera are cultivated as ornamentals and for food. The avocado, cinnamon and camphor are articles of commerce.
參考文獻
Machilus 楨楠屬
作者
LlAO, JIH CHING
型態特徵
Evergreen trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, pinnately veined. Flowers bisexual, in axillary panicles; tepals 6, subequal, outer ones somewhat smaller, inner larger; fertile stamens 9, 1st and 2nd whorles of stamens eglandular, anthers introrse, 3rd whorl glandular, anthers extrorse or lateral, 4-celled, 4th whorl staminodes; ovary sessile, attenuate into the style, stigma small, disc-shaped. Fruit compressed globose.
參考文獻
- LlAO, JIH CHING, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 2: 477. 1996. (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit.)
- Lu, S. Y. and S. Y. Chen, Quarterly Journal of Forest Research 22(4): 29-34. 2000. (Quart. J. Forest. Res.)
種列表
- Machilus chinensis 華潤楠
- Machilus dinganensis
- Machilus gamblei 黃心樹
- Machilus japonica 假長葉楠
- Machilus japonica var. kusanoi 大葉楠
- Machilus konishii 小西氏楠
- Machilus levinei 光楠
- Machilus obovatifolia 恆春楨楠
- Machilus obovatifolia var. taiwuensis 大武楨楠
- Machilus odoratissima
- Machilus philippinensis 菲律賓楠
- Machilus sp.
- Machilus thunbergii 豬腳楠
- Machilus zuihoensis 香楠
- Machilus zuihoensis var. mushaensis 青葉楠
