Family name: Philesiaceae Dumort.
Synonym(s): Lapageriaceae Kunth
Common name(s): philesia family
*Number of genera/species: 2/2
List of genera records in GRIN-Global
fruit
Fruit a berryberry:
an indehiscent, fleshy fruit with one or a few to many seeds. The flesh may be homogenous throughout. Or, if the outer part is hard, firm, or leathery, referred to as an hesperidium. Septa are present in some, and the seeds may be arillate or with a fleshy testa.
, globoseglobose:
3D shape—more or less spherical
, ovoidovoid:
3D shape—ovate
, or ellipsoidellipsoid:
3D shape—elliptic
, triangulartriangular:
2D shape—three relatively straight sides with distinct corners; more angular than teardrop-shaped
in transection, beakedbeak:
a usually firm, terminal appendage, sometimes tapered
, bracts and stylesstyle:
in a flower, the narrow and elongated part of the pistil between the stigma and the ovary; sometimes persisting in fruit
persistent, with few to many seeds. Pericarppericarp:
fruit wall or fruit coat
red, fleshy, smooth.
Seeds globoseglobose:
3D shape—more or less spherical or ovoidovoid:
3D shape—ovate. Seed coat yellowish brown.
Embryo curvedcurved:
(of embryo) linear embryo is curved into an arch or horseshoe with the ends far apart
, about 1/2 the length of the seed.
Endosperm copious.
| Fruit | |
| Type | berryberry: an indehiscent, fleshy fruit with one or a few to many seeds. The flesh may be homogenous throughout. Or, if the outer part is hard, firm, or leathery, referred to as an hesperidium. Septa are present in some, and the seeds may be arillate or with a fleshy testa. |
| Size range | ~25 mm long |
| Shape(s) | ovoidovoid: 3D shape—ovate , globoseglobose:3D shape—more or less spherical , ellipsoidellipsoid:3D shape—elliptic |
| Texture | fleshy |
| Surface relief | smooth |
| Color(s) | red |
| Unique features | Red, tough skinned, smooth, fleshy, beakedbeak: a usually firm, terminal appendage, sometimes tapered berries with persistent bracts at the base and few to numerous seeds. |
| Seed | |
| Shape(s) | globoseglobose: 3D shape—more or less spherical , ovoidovoid:3D shape—ovate |
| Color(s) | yellow brown |
| Other | |
| Embryo | curvedcurved: (of embryo) linear embryo is curved into an arch or horseshoe with the ends far apart , about 1/2 the length of the seed |
| Nutritive tissue | endosperm copious |
Southern Chile.
Distribution map courtesy of Angiosperm Phylogeny Website.
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*The number of genera and species is based on Christenhusz and Byng 2016Christenhusz and Byng 2016:
Christenhusz MJM and Byng JW. 2016. The number of known plant species in the world and its annual increase. Phytotaxa 261 (3): 201-217. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1, which may differ from the number of genera in GRIN-Global.
Authors: M. Islam, A. Gottlieb, M. Maher, J. Scher, A. Redford
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