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Table 3 in Reinstatement of Ticanto (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) - the final piece in the Caesalpinia group puzzle

  • 1. Accelerated Taxonomy Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW 9 3 AE, UK
  • 2. Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China & Ningbo Botanical Garden, Ningbo 315201, China
  • 3. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20 a Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH 3 5 LR, UK & Technical University of Munich, Chair of Phytopathology, TUM School of Life Sciences, Emil-Ramman-St. 2, D- 85354, Freising, Germany

Description

Table 3. Comparative characters of Ticanto species (characters considered to be most taxonomically informative are in bold).

T. caesiaT. cristaT. elliptifoliaT. magnifoliolataT. rhombifoliaT. sinensisT. szechuenensisT. vernalisT. yunnanensis
Pairs pinnae5-8(-9)3-6(-8)1-22-3(-4)3-62-4(-5)3-68-163
Position of pinnaeoppositeopposite (occasionally slightly subopposite)oppositeoppositeoppositeoppositeopposite (rarely subopposite)opposite to strongly suboppositeopposite
Pairs leaflets8-152-4(-7)22-33-52-53-65-102-3
Leaflet size0.8-1.5 × 0.4-0.62.1-7.2 × 1-3.37-13 × 4.5-83.5-10.8(-15) × 2.1-71.5-2 × 0.8-1.31.8-10.7 × 0.8-5.11.2-6 × 0.8-31.2-2.8 × 0.5-1.56.0-11.5 × 2.5-4.5
Leaflet apextruncate, obtuse, rounded, emarginateobtuse or rounded to retuse, acute, or acuminaterounded, obtuse or acuteusually obtuse, rounded, retuse or emarginate, occasionally acuteacuteusually acuminate or acute, occasionally roundedusually acute, occasionally slightly roundedacutebluntly acuminate
Inflorescence indumentumbrown puberulentglabrous or sparsely tomentosedensely hairysparsely to moderately tomentoseglabrous or subglabroussparsely to densely ferruginous tomentosesubglabrous to moderately tomentosedensely tomentoseunknown
Inflorescence length cm10-158-40unknown15-3010-207-4211-1512-35>20
Pedicel length mm4-75-158-125-116-93-12(-17 in fruit)5-116-12(-16 in fruit)ca. 7
Bracteoles mmunknown1 - 2.5 × 0.5 - 1unknownunknownunknownbroad, 2-3 × 1-1.5caducous, 1 × 0.25 mm, lanceolate-acuminate1.2 × 1unknown
Median petal size mm3.5-5.5 (L)6-9 × 3-7ca. 10.5 × 6-7ca. 7-10 × 3-5ca. 7 (L)6-8 × 3-46-9.5 × 2.5-56-9 × 2unknown
Lateral petals size mm3.5-5.5 (L)6-11 × 3-610-12 × 4-5ca. 7-10 × 3-5ca. 7 (L)6-10 × 2-65-10 × 3-49-11 × 3unknown
Median petal indumentum (inner surface)rhombic patch of hairsdense circular patch of hairs in middlecircular patch of hairspatch of hairspatch of hairscircular patch of orange hairs in middle, hairs on margins of clawpatch of hairs in middle; few hairs on margins of clawdense circular patch of hairs in middle, some hairs on clawunknown
Stamen length mmca. 64 - 129-145-1075-12ca. 99-12unknown
Style length mmca. 4ca. 4-117-10ca. 5-10106-1210-126unknown
Ovary indumentumglabrousglabrous or sparsely or patchily hairytomentoseglabrousglabroussparsely to densely tomentose or glabroussparsely to moderately tomentosedensely piloseunknown
Fruit dehiscenceindehiscentindehiscentindehiscentindehiscentindehiscentindehiscentindehiscentdehiscentdehiscent
Fruit size cm4.5-5 × 2.3-52.7-7 × 2.2-3.74.5-5 × 2.2-2.52.8-4.2 × 2.2-3.53-4 × 2.3-2.53-5.8 × 1.9-4.11.5-3.4 × 1.5-34-6 × 2.5-4 × 1-1.35-7 × 2.8-3.5
Fruit wingnarrowabsentabsentcarinate, 5-6 mmabsent0.5-4 mm widesometimes present, 1 - 3 mm wide, along part of fruit lengthabsentabsent
Fruit shapeellipticelliptic to lunate, sub-symmetrical to somewhat asymmetricaloblong-elliptic, sub-symmetrical to sub-lunatelunateasymmetrical, sub-lunateSub-circular to lunatestrongly asymmetrical, sub-lunate to sub-circular or teardrop-shapedobliquely oblong or sub-elliptic, slightly asymmetricaloblong to elliptic, slightly asymmetrical
Fruit stipe mmunknown2-5shortca. 1ca. 30-20-1unknownunknown
Fruit beak mmunknown1-101-52-7slight beakpronounced beak to 251-5beak presentca. 2
Fruit venationprominentprominentprominentprominentprominentprominentprominentnot prominentnot prominent
Fruit indumentumglabrousglabrous or very sparsely tomentoseunknownglabrousglabrousglabrous or glabrescentglabroussparsely to densely tomentoseunknown
Fruit textureligneouscoriaceouscoriaceouscoriaceouscoriaceouscoriaceouscoriaceousligneousligneous
Ecology & elevationforests along rivers, 200-1000 moften coastal; limestone, up to 350 mca. 100 mforests, 400-1800 mthicketsforest, thicket, limestone, 100-1500 mforest, thicket, limestone, 260-1500 mMoist sandy soils, thickets, ca. 600 munknown

Notes

Published as part of Clark, Ruth P., Jiang, Kai-Wen & Gagnon, Edeline, 2022, Reinstatement of Ticanto (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) - the final piece in the Caesalpinia group puzzle, pp. 59 in PhytoKeys 205 on page 59, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.205.82300

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